Reap Nov 6-7, 2013 Water and Environment: USG Efforts in ASEAN and the Mekong ASEAN Environment Working Groups.

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Reap Nov 6-7, 2013 Water and Environment: USG Efforts in ASEAN and the Mekong ASEAN Environment Working Groups

USG Team On Environment and Water State Department

USG Team on Environment and Water

and other interagency organizations

How We Work Together

1.Smart Infrastructure for the Mekong (SIM) 2.Accessing Climate Change & Adaptation Funds (ADAPT) 3.Mekong Adaptation and Resilience (ARCC) 4.SERVIR for Lower Mekong 5.Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE) 6.Mekong River Commission (MRC) Fisheries 7.Climate Resilient Mekong* 8.Mekong-Building Resilience in Asian Cities (M-BRACE)* 9.Green Mekong 10.Lowering Emissions in Asia’s Forests (LEAF) 11.Asia’s Endangered Species Trafficking (ARREST) 12.Partnerships for Enhanced Research (PEER) Water & Environment Projects in Lower Mekong Region

Water & Environment Projects 1.Climate Change Mitigation 2.Climate Change Adaptation 3.Clean Energy 4.Sustainable Fishing 5.Counter-Wildlife Trafficking 6.Sustainable Mekong

Water & Environment Projects 1.Climate Change Mitigation

Water & Environment Projects

2. Climate Change Adaptation-Rural

Water & Environment Projects 2. Climate Change Adaptation-Urban

Water & Environment Projects 3.Clean Energy

Water & Environment Projects 4.Sustainable Fishing

Water & Environment Projects 5.Counter-Wildlife Trafficking

Water & Environment Projects 6. Sustainable Mekong

China’s and the Lower Mekong River Hydroelectric Dams

The Mekong River - survival for millions Lake Tonle Sap Mekong Delta Mekong Delta Wetland

Area inundated at various levels of sea level rise in Vietnam Source: Dasgupta, et. al, 2007) Area Inundated in the Mekong Delta (Sea Level Rise = 1m) (Source: MRC Technical Paper No. 24, September 2009)