The Energy, Water, & Sustainability Program at the Stimson Center addresses important and timely policy issues and technical opportunities concerning energy, water, and sustainable development in the Global South from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Our work on transboundary river basins identifies pathways towards enhancing water security and optimizing tradeoffs between water, energy, and sustainable development options in the Mekong, Ganges-Brahmaputra, Indus, Aral Sea and Euphrates-Tigris river basins.
We promote the renewable energy transition by looking at examples of lessons-learned from countries that have had breakthrough developments in renewable energy and opportunities to share these lessons with other countries in the Global South.
Finally, our transparency and remote-sensing work as exemplified by the Mekong Dam Monitor and Mekong Infrastructure Tracker gives local stakeholders the data and information necessary to negotiate for a more equitable share of natural resources in stressed-transboundary landscapes and watersheds.
A transboundary flood along the China-Nepal border reveals the need for multi-hazard monitoring and better assessment of supraglacial lake risk.
July 19, 2025
While these two glacier avalanche disasters are quite different, there are several important correlations between them
June 6, 2025
Experts need to rethink how to assess and triage cryosphere risks in the face of a climate crisis in the Himalayas
September 19, 2024
This report builds on KAS-Stimson’s ongoing efforts to further highlight the importance of global water cooperation and transboundary river governance
March 22, 2023
Key recommendations and findings from the third iteration of the KAS and Stimson Center’s high-level dialogue series
March 21, 2023
This scoping report provides an overview of factors shaping cascading disasters in the Himalayan region.
November 30, 2022
Women in developing countries, such as Pakistan, are particularly vulnerable to climate disasters due to existing gender inequities and patriarchal norms
September 1, 2022
In Southeast Asia, women are taking risks to fight the climate crisis, but gender inequality must be addressed to reach climate goals
June 23, 2022
