naa a22 4500 510806031 CHVBK 20180411083418.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11625-012-0159-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11625-012-0159-3 They'll be dammed: the sustainability implications of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) in Malaysia [Elektronische Daten] [Benjamin Sovacool, L. Bulan] This article examines the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy in Malaysia, or SCORE, a US$105 billion infrastructure development plan in Sarawak on the island of Borneo, from a sustainability standpoint. SCORE aims to build 20,000megawatts of hydroelectric dams along a 320km corridor comprising more than 70,000km2 by 2030. The article begins by explaining social science methods utilized for its research interviews and site visits. It then argues that sustainability consists of seven principles articulated in international law: prudence, equity, responsibility, precaution, justice, governance, and compatibility. Next, the paper introduces readers to SCORE before assessing it according to these seven sustainability criteria. The paper finds that SCORE erodes environmental prudence by emitting millions of tons of carbon dioxide and feeding industries that will pollute the land and water. It worsens intergenerational equity by exacerbating poverty and consolidating wealth for corporations and politicians. It degrades responsibility by intensifying tropical deforestation and flaunts precaution by downplaying and ignoring risks to water quality and availability. It is unjust, imposing dams on communities and forcibly relocating thousands of indigenous people, mitigates good governance by condoning bribes and kickbacks along with the violent suppression of dissent, and is incompatible with Malaysia's own energy policy targets and international standards. Springer, 2012 International law nationallicence Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) nationallicence Hydroelectricity nationallicence Malaysia nationallicence Sustainability nationallicence Sovacool Benjamin Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law School, 164 Chelsea Street, P.O. Box 96, 05068-0444, South Royalton, VT, USA aut Bulan L. Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law School, 164 Chelsea Street, P.O. Box 96, 05068-0444, South Royalton, VT, USA aut Sustainability Science Springer Japan 8/1(2013-01-01), 121-133 1862-4065 8:1<121 2013 8 11625 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-012-0159-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-012-0159-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sovacool Benjamin Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law School, 164 Chelsea Street, P.O. Box 96, 05068-0444, South Royalton, VT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bulan L. Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law School, 164 Chelsea Street, P.O. Box 96, 05068-0444, South Royalton, VT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Sustainability Science Springer Japan 8/1(2013-01-01), 121-133 1862-4065 8:1<121 2013 8 11625 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer