Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Network Program - PROJECTS BOOKLET

The Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Network Program (MTT) aims to contribute to improved and more equitable water and energy security, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change in the Mekong Subregion to benefit all, especially the marginalized, vulnerable, and at-risk communities.

Flagship studies are one of the critical activities of the MTT Program aiming to enhance evidence-based understanding of the Water-Energy-Climate (WEC) nexus, including through the lens of gender and social equity. The work motivates the application of this knowledge to practical, robust, and equitable policy solutions to persistent and emerging issues and challenges.

Rapid response projects are one of the critical knowledge-generating activities of the MTT Program. These are more flexible than the flagship projects and aim to support focused interdisciplinary research that seeks practical solutions to urgent or emerging challenges in the water-energy-climate nexus. The rapid response projects target an improved understanding of how climate resilience of specific water and energy systems, equity, and their interlinkages may be enhanced. The Rapid Response Grants operationalize this through reinterpreting, integrating, sharing, and using existing policy-relevant research to engage governments, the public, and stakeholders, in practical solutions.

This booklet provides MTT project profiles, including 4 flagship studies and 7 rapid response projects.