Even though Thailand’s power-generation sector is the largest CO2 producer, it is the only sector that is releasing a lower amount of greenhouse gases.
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Simple steps to climate-proof farms have big potential upside for tropical farmers
In Vietnam the most widely adopted technique was crop rotation between rice and peanuts, increasing profits and reducing emissions.
Japanese experts on Myanmar readiness to become a regional trade/supply hub
In the long term Japan hopes to secure a solid presence in the Dawei SEZ area through assisting ports and industrial zone development.
Myanmar coal mining ‘causing environmental disasters’
Lack of regulation blamed for pollution in Shan State, where many Chinese companies are investing in hazardous mining.
China’s Belt & Road needs to listen more
The north-south train project in mainland Southeast Asia has thus moved at a glacial pace. China’s not loseing interest but it may need to revise terms and be more consultative.
Communities in the Balance: Local Voices and Prospects for the Dawei Special Economic Zone
What community members want is arguably not the SEZ itself but rather the benefits they associate with it: employment, material progress, and economic security.
Mega-dam costs outweigh benefits, global building spree should end: experts
The National Academy of Sciences in the United States published findings that further confirm that the true environmental and social costs of hydroelectric dams have been grossly underestimated.
Farming jobs eroding away in the Mekong Delta
The physical nibbling away of the Mekong Delta’s edges by advancing erosion is producing unwanted social and economic ripples reaching Ho Chi Minh City and beyond.
Getting old and battling coastal erosion in the Mekong Delta
Elderly people in the Mekong Delta have had a difficult life, but some are now facing even greater hardships as their land washes away.