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China’s Myanmar bonanza sans responsibility
There are still issues waiting to be solved, such as land compensation to communities, safety concerns, and ecological restoration at the project site: activists
The Lancang-Mekong cooperation framework: China’s real motivation
There are several reasons why China finally takes part in a cooperation framework with the lower Mekong countries. One of them is allow China to enter a ‘damage control’ diplomacy.
AIIB: a potential new finance source for Cambodia’s renewable energy
If the Electricité Du Cambodge provides a secured power purchase agreement and attractive prices, AIIB is likely to fund solar projects in the Cambodia.
Data for a changing world: Satellites for sustainability
To manage resources sustainably in a changing world, you need information. Good decisions require comprehensive, accessible, easy-to-use data.
Beyond China: Nation must diversify FDI
Over the past three decades (1988-January 2017) China has invested $19 billion in Myanmar, far more than any other country.
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.
Climate Change: A Permanent Reality for Myanmar
Myanmar has seen massive city development plans and a construction boom. But often these decisions are made without considering long-term environmental impacts.
Rethinking hydropower in Myanmar
If developed as planned, the 50 large hydropower projects would permanently segment watersheds, flatten the peaks and valleys of the flood pulse and trap nutrient-rich sediment behind dams.
Songkhla power plant sit-in an energy wake-up call
A peaceful sit-in protest against a coal-fired power project has drawn attention to the “flaws in state development planning”.