The project will support deployment of advanced distributed energy solutions such as household rooftop solar technology, next-generation battery storage technology, and cleaner forms of transportation.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Mekong Delta extinction an extreme prediction: Vietnam expert
Coastal geographical statistics used in the paper was constructed by calibrating geographical statistics of the U.S., before applying them to other regions of the world. “This method thus yields low accuracy.”
Thailand’s critically endangered dugongs keep dying
Fishing nets to blame for most of the 21 dugongs so far found dead in Thai waters this year. The reflect about 10 percent of the estimated entire dugong population of the country.
Revised forecast puts Bangkok underwater by 2050
In Thailand, more than 10% of citizens now live on land that is likely to be inundated by 2050, compared with just 1% according to the earlier technique.
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.