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.
Track forest loss and impact of infrastructure development on forests across the Mekong region
May 11, 2021
Changing the narrative from competition and overpowering nationalism to greater cohesion and cooperation.
May 10, 2021
As a major power investor in Laos and rising electricity trading hub, Thailand holds significant influence over regional power development
May 6, 2021
The Kunming-Vientiane Railway is slated to begin operating in 2021, five years after construction on the project officially commenced.
May 6, 2021
Hydropower in the 3S Basin could help meet skyrocketing electricity demand, but dams threaten fisheries and agriculture in the Mekong Basin
May 6, 2021
An excess of hydropower development in the Mekong Basin and a sub-optimal application of ESG safeguards are driving the river to ruin.
May 6, 2021
A 2020 review of the data and activities for the Mekong Infrastructure Tracker
April 22, 2021
Generate customized maps showing suitable areas for infrastructure development in the Mekong region
March 10, 2021
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