The Lao government on Thursday provided clarifications and further information on major concerns about its Pak Beng dam.
Tag: Environment
Southeast Asia Faces Climate Change Cooperation Challenges
Southeast Asia faces far reaching challenges in ensuring regional cooperation in dealing with climate change after the decision by the United States to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Going green: Clean energy generates giant investments across Vietnam
It looks like investors are trying to cash in on incentives for green power projects.
Regional cooperation ‘key’ to Mekong projects
As nations in the Greater Mekong Subregion suffer a rise in water shortages and salinity intrusion, governments need to cooperate in order to safeguard the livelihood of residents in the river basin and their diverse cultures, experts said.
Push for labelling laws to have restaurants and takeaway shops tell us where our seafood comes from
SOUTH Australian seafood, there’s nothing like it. Tucking into a fisherman’s basket on the foreshore is a Croweater’s birthright — but do we really know what we’re eating?
This is climate change: When is Thailand going to do something about it?
The rivers have escaped their banks. They have destroyed millions of rai of paddies and fields newly prepared for planting.
A rising chorus of voices condemns Laos’ planned Pak Beng dam
Activists, technical experts, and officials from other Mekong Basin countries have recently spoken out against plans to construct a mainstream dam at Pak Beng.
Nation lacks a coherent solar strategy
Declining costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and energy storage systems have inspired customers and businesses to change the way we produce and consume electricity. Already, several shopping malls and factories in Thailand are using rooftop solar PV systems, which convert sunlight into electricity, to help power their operations and lower their electricity bills.
US exit ‘won’t deter world’
Thailand remains committed to goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent by 2020; Al Gore calls Trump move threat to humanity, says no one can stop clean energy revolution.
An optimistic picture
New research from Oxford University looks at how Chinese dam builders are increasingly adopting international construction standards in response to dam opposition.