Vietnam’s ambitious climate commitments to avoid new coal plants and transition towards clean energy are a notable departure from previous energy plans. As the government of Vietnam reviews energy targets and the role of electricity imports, policymake …
Published November 21, 2022 / Held December 7, 2022
Mekong countries must balance rising electricity demand with the clean energy technology transition, environmental impacts of hydropower, and shocks from COVID-19 and drought
Welcoming Remarks Christy Owen, Country Director for Pact Thailand Christy Owen is an accomplished program manager with 20 years of experience managing and developing donor assistance programs focused on private sector engagement, sustainable finance, …
Published September 27, 2021 / Held October 4, 2021
Links to the tools presented here today are below in order of presentation: https://www.stimson.org/2020/mekong-infrastructure-tracker-tool/ https://www.re-explorer.org/https://globalenergymonitor.org/ This was an official side-event for this year’s an …
Join us for a conversation with Ramesh Subramaniam on regional dynamics and the Asian Development Bank’s strong partnership in the region’s transformation. To maintain growth momentum, Southeast Asia needs vast investments in infrastructure – about $21 …
Infrastructure needs in developing Asia are vast: the Asian Development Bank estimates that $26 trillion is needed through 2030. Bridging this infrastructure gap will require significantly increased engagement and public spending from governments, assi …
You are invited to a forum featuring Secretary Ernesto Pernia, PhD, on the Philippine economy, a bright spot in the East Asia-Pacific region. This presentation for investors, academe, policy analysts and others will provide an overview of the Phil …
Global energy demand is surging. Handled poorly, this demand will accelerate climate change and threaten the water security, food security, and well-being of billions of people around the world. There is a real need for countries with experience handli …
Brian Eyler, Director of the Southeast Asia Program and Director of the Energy, Water, and Sustainability Program, spoke at the 3rd Mekong River Commissions Summit’s Ministerial Meeting. His statement was delivered alongside member government stat …
Countries in the Mekong Basin need a strategic, basin-wide approach to efficiently develop the basin’s water and energy resources in ways that protect the natural productivity of the river system. Otherwise, poorly coordinated hydropower planning on the Mekong mainstream and its tributaries will lead this resource rich region into a water and food security crisis.
Stimson Southeast Asia program director Brian Eyler recently visited Plov Tuok, a community of 800 floating homes atop of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake — the largest lake in Southeast Asia and the world’s largest inland fishery. The visit was facilitated b …
MEKONG DELTA UNDER THREAT Despite growing recognition of the serious impacts that upstream dams have on the Mekong Delta, Vietnam is still searching for an effective strategy to work with policy-makers in Laos and Cambodia to avoid the impacts from the …
By Brian Eyler, Courtney Weatherby, and Richard Cronin The Stimson Center’s “Letters from the Mekong” series challenges the assumption that the current rapid pace of dam construction on the Mekong River will continue until the entire river is turned in …
By Brian Eyler, Courtney Weatherby, and Richard Cronin: Preparatory work for the next big dam on the Mekong – Pak Beng – in northern Laos has begun. This news supports the widespread narrative that the current rapid pace of dam construction on the …
Preparatory work for the next big dam on the Mekong — Pak Beng — in northern Laos has begun. This news supports the widespread narrative that the current rapid pace of dam construction on the Mekong River will continue until the entire river is …
China leads the world in the generation of hydropower, which it has prioritized as the “renewable” alternative to coal and other carbon based sources. China’s plans to develop large-scale hydroelectric dam projects on transboundary rivers continue to a …
This is the first in a two-part series of Spotlights documenting Stimson Research Associate Courtney Weatherby’s travel to Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. Weatherby along with Richard Cronin, Director of the Southeast Asia program, were given rar …
More than three dozen internationally respected scientists, development experts, civil society advocates and current and former officials concluded two and a half days of discussions last Saturday aimed at finding solutions to competing and mutually ex …
Leaders from government, civil society and the private sector met for four days of discussions over new hydropower developments on the Mekong River that potentially threaten the food security and wellbeing of millions. The convening held in Chiang Rai, …
On August 28 through 31, leaders from government, civil society and the private sector will meet to discuss how new hydropower developments on the Mekong River potentially threaten the food security and wellbeing of millions. The convening to be held i …
On August 9, 2014, Secretary John Kerry and the Foreign Ministers of the Lower Mekong partner countries launched the LMI Eminent and Expert Persons Group at the LMI Ministerial Meeting. Director of the Southeast Asia Program at Stimson, Dr. Richard Cro …
Stimson’s Southeast Asia program was delighted to bring together a diverse group of experts to discuss its recent report, Mekong Turning Point: Shared River for a Shared Future and broader issues concerning the construction of hydropower dams on t …