Katy Yan, Author at CleanTechnica

Katy Yan

I am the China Program Coordinator at International Rivers, an environmental and human rights NGO that seeks to protect rivers and defend the rights of communities that depend on them. I coordinate our activities around capacity-building of Chinese grassroots activists, manage our Intern and Volunteer Program, provide advocacy and analytical support to groups fighting destructive carbon-financed dams, and support our education and outreach efforts. On CleanTechnica, my blog explores dam-building in China and compliance carbon offsets.

Clean Power

Large-Scale Power Projects Undermine the CDM

In less than a week, world leaders, government negotiators, industry, and civil society will converge on Doha, Qatar, for COP18. They will discuss...

Katy YanNovember 22, 2012

Clean Power

Dam Drawdown an Overlooked “Global Warming Culprit”

While scientists have known for decades that tropical reservoirs are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, new research from Washington State University-Vancouver has revealed that temperate...

Katy YanAugust 9, 2012

Clean Power

Tropical Dams Dispel Clean Energy Myth

Tropical reservoirs are a “methane factory, continuously removing carbon from the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and returning it as methane, with a much...

Katy YanMay 31, 2012

Clean Power

The Global CDM Hydro Hall of Shame

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is meant to catalyze climate-friendly and sustainable projects in low-income countries. Instead, it’s provided massive subsidies to hydropower developers...

Katy YanFebruary 20, 2012