Hydropower dependency and climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: A nexus framework and evidence-based review Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
In sub-Saharan Africa, 160 million grid-connected electricity consumers live in countries where hydropower accounts for over 50% of total power supply. A warmer climate with more frequent and intense extremes could result in supply reliability issues. Here, (i) a robust framework to highlight the interdependencies between hydropower, water availability, and climate change is proposed, (ii) the state-of-the art literature on the projected ...