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Rethinking the role of nature in dam planning and management
Investing in nature is not a waste of money or a drain on profit margins. On the contrary, such investments are just as important as the concrete and steel needed to build dams and reservoirs.
China to tackle ambitious conservation experiment
At the headwaters of the Mekong, China intends to create its first national park – setting aside an area the size of Pennsylvania.
HydroCalculator: new, free, online tool helps citizens assess dams
The HydroCalculator is meant for use by communities, researchers and activists who are often closed out of the technical dam planning process. It is available free online.
Climate change will force mass migration of 1 billion by 2100
Asia Pacific is the most vulnerable region to climate change, and poor people are to be hit the hardest, prompting migration on a massive scale: ADB report
Cambodia’s Path to Fulfill the Paris Climate Agreement
Though a small country, Sao Phal Niseiy observes that Cambodia is more than capable of doing its part to uphold its responsibility to the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.
Extracting extra 1 million tonnes oil tough: Association
The Government’s goal to extract another one million tonnes of crude oil by December to meet its economic growth target is challenging, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Association (VOGA) said.
Deepening World Bank and AIIB cooperation: Locking in a failed development model?
Civil society fears that the AIIB, far from providing developing countries a different development and financing paradigm, is on its way to supporting existing development models that do nothing to assist developing countries.
The Batteries Are Coming, Are Energy Planners Paying Attention?
Consumers and commercial enterprise are already getting in the game. It’s time for utilities to join them.
Navigating toward a ‘Paris Agreement for the oceans’
Progress on protection of our seas has been lagging. Global cooperation on the protection of our seas has been one of the weak points of the environmental movement.