About Katy Yan
Katy Yan manages the Intern and Volunteer program and provides support for the Climate, Policy, Africa and China programs. Within the Climate team, she researches and blogs about state, regional and international offset programs, and promotes awareness of the links between education, climate change, rivers and human livelihoods. This year, she will also be helping to organize the 10th Anniversary of the World Commission on Dams, and Rivers for Life 3: The Third International Meeting of Dam-Affected People and Their Allies in Temacapulin, Mexico. Katy received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Earth Systems from Stanford University.
International Rivers’ Parekh and Yan, takes us through the pros and cons of Kyoto Protocol’s CDM’s hydropower projects and why it fails to promote sustainable development. Hydro represents 25% of all projects funded by CDM; China accounts for 64% of all hydro projects… … more
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