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1.5 degree ambition demands radical change, UN warns

By Nantiya October 8, 2018

It will need fundamental change to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees, but not doing so will cost much more, warns Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Saving Mekong forests must remain a focus for slowing climate change

By October 7, 2018December 18, 2020

As the IPCC readies its Special Report Global Warming at 1.5 °C, world leading scientists warn forest protection is paramount. How will the Mekong Region respond? Ask China.

Wake-up call on climate issued: “Grow more trees”

By Nantiya September 27, 2018

The plan is to issue green bonds by raising funds from investors–the proceeds allocated to farmers to grow trees for processed timber or sold in the carbon trading market.

In Vietnam: Assessing City Resilience

By Nantiya September 27, 2018

“We would like to apply our experience to a larger set of cities in Vietnam to create a nationally representative city resilience index.”

Rising seas threaten Vietnam’s top rice producer

By Nantiya September 26, 2018

Because of climate change, Vietnam’s Kien Giang province is struggling to maintain its place as the country’s biggest rice producer, a distinction it has held for nearly two decades.

Weather beating for rice production

By Nantiya September 25, 2018

Swathes of paddy fields across the Mekong Delta in Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar were inundated by the flood of water from both heavy rains and burst dams. Damaged reduced production up to 30 percent.

Activists push for Pak Lay Dam studies

By Nantiya September 24, 2018

The collapse of Xe Pian Xe Namnoy Hydropower Dam in July prompted environmental activists to urge new studies on the Pak Lay project during the MRC’s 5th Regional Stakeholder Forum which began on Thursday.

Coal plan sparks ire as Myanmar struggles to keep lights on

By Nantiya September 24, 2018

Opposition to a planned $3 billion coal-fired power plant in eastern Myanmar is highlighting the challenges facing ’s government in crafting a coherent energy policy in one of Asia’s poorest and most electricity-starved countries.

Don’t forget Sombath, says Shui Meng Ng, wife of disappeared Laotian activist

By Nantiya September 24, 2018

The unsolved case of disappeared Laotian development worker Sombath Somphone is brought to light in a documentary that is screening at this year’s FreedomFilmFest in Malaysia

Vietnam committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions: official

By Nantiya September 24, 2018

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