• A sediment model has been used to estimate the impact of constructed and planned dams and climate change on the Mekong River • Reservoir storage capacity is forecasted to increase in the next two decades, with consequences for the sediment flux • Planned dams will reduce suspended sediment fluxes to the delta by up to 50% in the next twenty years • Climate change play a secondary role compared to dams • Historical declines are mostly attributed to dams in China, but future declines will be triggered by dams in Lao and Cambodia
Delivering new insight into the trade-offs between flooding, sediment and nutrient deposition, agricultural systems and associated livelihood strategies in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta.
Effectiveness of adaptation options in deltas, assess migration as an adaptation in deltaic environments under a changing climate, and deliver policy support to create the conditions for sustainable gender-sensitive adaptation.