“I am particularly worried about the future impact of the high number of new coal power plants still projected in some parts of the world, including several countries in East, South and South East Asia.”
Category: Mekong
Tibet’s Rivers Will Determine Asia’s Future
At the dawn of a new era of building dams on the Yarlung Tsangpo, countless lives and ecosystems are being risked in the name of “development” and geopolitics.
River deltas are ‘drowning,’ threatening hundreds of millions of people
Some of the most severe reductions will be found in major Asian deltas such as the Mekong, a 77 percent loss.
Can Nam Ngum solar replace Mekong hydro in Laos?
Floating solar panels on just one of Laos’s existing reservoirs could yield nearly 10 times the electrical generating capacity of the Xayaburi Dam that began full operation on the Mekong this week.
Time to push China for real Mekong partnership
China knows it’s causing hardship for millions downstream, but focuses on using the media to ensure it controls the Mekong narrative with no “real efforts to fix the problems in the long run.”
Mekong shrivels as drought, dam strangle Southeast Asia’s largest river
The once-mighty Mekong river has been reduced to a thin, grubby neck of water in stretches of northern Thailand – record lows blamed on drought and a recently completed dam far upstream.
How Asean can avoid Mekong ‘water war’
For the dam’s investor and supporters, Xayaburi symbolises the “advancing partnership” among Asean members. Yet whether it will lead to “sustainability” remains a big question.
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows
Bangkok, HCM and many in the Mekong Region at much greater threat from sea level rise.
China is weaponizing water and worsening droughts in Asia
Every since China erected a cascade of giant dams on the Mekong, droughts have become more frequent and intense in the downriver countries. Beijing denies that its upriver dams are to blame.
Seoul can help to regulate Mekong’s flow
Asean nations urged to embrace South Korean river management know-how.