Hydropower
The Role of Brazilian Consensual Hegemony in the Itaipu Hydropower Dam Renegotiation
Renegotiations over the Itaipu Dam are fundamental to the dam’s administration, Brazil and Paraguay’s energy security, and the region’s transboundary water relations.
Hydropower Compensation and Changing Nature-Society Relations in Laos
Compensation should not just be about restoring livelihoods to previous material levels. Compensation fundamentally alters nature-society relations in certain contexts.
Arctic Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change Impacts, and Adaptation
A superficial understanding of Arctic realities, as well as simplistic responses, may lead to ineffective strategies, adverse outcomes, and copying past policy failures.
China Dams the World: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Chinese Dams
China’s dam-building in the Greater Mekong is not only a challenge for the host country, but creates wider international concerns about environmental and social practices.
