Climate Dangers of China’s Hydropower Ambitions in Tibet are Growing

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International Campaign for Tibet hosts 2025 World Water Week panel on hydropower’s impacts on Asia’s environment, climate and human rights

For the second year, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) hosted a session at Stockholm World Water Week, where the theme was “Water for Climate Action”. The event brought together dignitaries, UN officials, Indigenous representatives, policy practitioners, and nonprofits for discussion, information sharing, and to emphasize that water security and climate can no longer be separated. Both issues are intertwined and therefore require coordinated policy responses and solutions at the highest levels of government, multilateral agencies, scientific institutions, and civil society.

Tibet is a prime case study of the urgent need for a multi-stakeholder response which includes the input and involvement of affected communities. Asia’s major rivers, which originate in Tibet, sustain the livelihoods of 1.8 billion people downstream ...

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