Sustainability Roundtable

Asia Society's Sustainability Roundtable is a regular feature on our re:ASIA blog featuring insight and analysis from our team of sustainability experts. Each week, we ask our roundtable participants a question based on current news or events. You can find their responses below. And please feel free to join the conversation — leave comments on the posts and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

In Laos, A Dam Shame?

Risks vs. benefits on the Mekong River.
Freshwater as a Dwindling Resource

Rohit Viswanath says the next few decades will see major confrontations over water.
Expert: Nations Must Adopt the UN Watercourses Convention

Does the Mekong River Commission (MRC) have the international support it needs to be effective?
Welcome Back to the Industrial Revolution

Adam Moser calls a Green Marshall Plan flat-out unlikely.
A New Model for Clean Water in the 21st Century

Christine E. Boyle discusses the implications of the current economic crisis on ensuring clean water supplies throughout the world.
Not Dead Yet: A 'Green New Deal'

Shen Yamei believes consensus is still within reach.
Economic Crisis May Make it Impossible to Break Climate Change Deadlocks

Ravi Narayanan: economic woes may prevent any concerted effort to resolve the WTO or climate change impasse.
A Toothless United Nations?

The UN seems powerless on the environment.
Inequity and Sustainability

Global economic inequity lies in the way of UN climate change policy.
How to Clean up the Pacific Ocean

Christine Boyle points the way in our Sustainability Roundtable.