Context


For an estimated 60 million people along the lower Mekong River Basin, water is the lifeblood of their existence.
Communities in Thailand, Laos PDR, Cambodia and Vietnam rely heavily on the nearby rivers for drinking water, food, irrigation, transport and commerce. Climate change poses a significant threat to people’s lives and livelihoods.
Climate change is causing extreme and unpredictable weather events resulting in flash flooding, extended droughts and changing river water flows— that devastate agricultural production, fisheries and use of local forests that these communities have depended on for generations for their livelihoods, food security, cultural heritage and their very existence.