Hydropower

entrance to COP29

Green Energy, Risk Management: How Central Asia Solves Climate Issues

Anastasiia Bengard

A view of a village on the left that gives way to rice fields and a clear river on the right, all in a hilly area

PLN Electricity Threatens Local Community Energy Independence in Jambi, Indonesia

Teguh Suprayitno

Idra Salem

solar panels cover the flat landscape beneath a cloudy blue sky.

Cambodia’s Energy Crossroads: Solar Capacity Could Grow Sixfold By 2040

Socheata Hean

A man cleans his motorcycle, which sits in the shallow waters along the edge of a wide river in Cambodia.

Before the Flood: Dam Project Leaves Cambodians with an Uncertain Future

Soriththeavy keat

A sign stating the town name stands over a small dirt road lined by grassland and trees leading off toward the horizon

Cambodia's Stung Treng Bunong Community Fights for Collective Land Title Years After Deluge of Lower Sesan II Dam

Try Thaney

An aerial view of the San José del Tambo hydroelectric plant’s diversion channel and San Pablo de Amalí.

In Ecuador, Riverside Communities Feel Impacts of Hydropower Push

Isabel Alarcon

a dried river bed

How Ukraine Wants to Punish Russia for Ecocide

Aleksandra Pogorzelska

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Our Mekong, Our Say: Must the Environment Be Sacrificed for Infrastructure Development?

A village destroyed by the floods

2 Years since Manang Floods: Locals in Nepal’s Rain Shadow Fear Being Long-Term Climate Refugees

Bashudev Neupane

A view of the Dibang Valley

India Wants Its Northeast To Be Its Powerhouse, but Do Indigenous Communities Approve?

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

banner image of a dam

Powering the Mekong: Does "Clean Energy" Mean More Dams?

A screenshot from the video report "‘Water Bomb’: Why Indigenous People in Northeast India Fear Hydropower Projects."

‘Water Bomb’: Why Indigenous People in Northeast India Fear Hydropower Projects

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

valley forest

India Pushes for Hydropower in Its Northeast Despite Environmental and Climate Concerns

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

A stream runs over boulders

20 years of electricity that doesn't destroy the environment

Raymund Villanueva

A stream runs through a forest

From a local peace treaty known as Bodong to Electricity for an entire village

Raymund Villanueva

Pak Mun Dam on the Mun River in Thailand

Thailand’s Rich Freshwater Biodiversity Under Threat

Pratch Rujivanarom

dolphin fin in river

Involvement of Transboundary Fishing Communities Could Help Mitigate Threats to the Ganges River Dolphin

rahul singh

Lake with mountains in the background

Moragahakanda Dams Trigger Avalanche of Ecological Harms

Tharushi Weerasinghe

buying rice at the river

Floods and Migrants of Vietnam's Mekong Delta: 25 Lessons from the Data

Le Thu Mach

Hoang Long Cao

Vu The Cuong

farmer watering canal

Data Exposes Flaws in Mekong Delta Resilience Plans

Thuan Nhin Tan

dam in Laos

Unraveling the Mystery of Laos' U-Turn from Renewables to Coal to Power the Battery of Southeast Asia

Kannikar Petchkaew

a woman seated near a body of water with a boat in the background

Cambodia’s Fish Catch Numbers Don’t Add Up for Fishers

Sokummono Khan

illustration of power lines

Locked In – Why Thailand Buys Electricity from Laos

Boonyanin Pakvisal

Karunakar Gogate, the president of the Kumaradhara Samrakshana Parisara Samiti, is among those protesting against a proposed 24 MW (mega watt) hydropower project in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. The locals here see no benefit from the proposed project and fear their land may be submerged and acres of pristine forests cut / PHOTOGRAPHS BY DISHA SHETTY

Small Hydro Power Projects Are Seen As Green. In India's Western Ghats, Local Communities Disagree

Disha Shetty

people carry their belongings on a raft in a flood.

In Thailand, Dams Fail to Ensure Water Security

Pratch Rujivanarom

small boats in a placid river with local people collecting fish eggs.

Experts Warn over Loss of Fish Species from Bangladesh’s Halda River

Nur Islam (Faruk Munir)

The rocky banks of the Betwa river

India's Ken-Betwa Link Project: Development dream or ecological disaster?

Dheeraj Mishra

mekongina fish

Dam construction hinders Mekong fishers in northeast Cambodia

hydropower station

The forgotten history of Nepal’s first hydropower project

Ramesh Bhushal

Khaharee Bazaar

Years in the making, a mega-dam in Nepal remains a mirage

Ramesh Bhushal

Rasi Salai dam

In northeast Thailand, dams continue to cast a shadow over riverside villages

Luke Duggleby

JRMP dam

Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over dam opposition

Jun N. Aguirre