Launched on March 14 International Day of Action for Rivers, Fair Finance Asia (FFA)'s new report, Enhancing Sustainable Finance in Mekong Hydropower: Challenges, Opportunities, and Ways Forward, highlights key gaps in national and regional regulations, and in the environmental and human rights due diligence policies of banks providing cross-border financing to Mekong River hydropower projects.
Developed in collaboration with research partner, Profundo, and in consultation with national coalitions in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Thailand, this report aims to serve as a key source of information and recommendations for groups urging for sustainable Mekong region hydropower financing and, more broadly, for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to strengthen frameworks supportive of Asia’s just energy transition.