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Karnali: Nepal’s Last Free-Flowing River

This mini-documentary follows Ripesh Kharel, a Planet Reimagined New Futures Fellow, as he uncovers the impact of hydropower dams on Nepal’s rivers and communities. The focus is on the Karnali River—Nepal’s last free-flowing river—and the urgent efforts to preserve it.

Ripesh travels to the Koshi River Barrage, a 60-year-old dam that disrupted Nepal’s largest river, to explore how infrastructure like dams, built for a single purpose—such as flood control or irrigation—without adequate consideration of the long-term social and environmental consequences can harm communities and the environment. His findings have fueled advocacy and legal battles, including a case before Nepal’s Supreme Court, pushing for sustainable solutions that protect rivers and the people who depend on them.

Common Grounds for Clean Energy

The United States is currently overlooking one important and as yet unused resource in this shift to renewables—the 23 million acres of federal land that is currently leased for oil and gas production and exploration. Planet Reimagined has developed policy and business steps to incentivize energy land-sharing—the co-location of renewable energy facilities on land already leased for oil and gas production and exploration.

The Empire State Building Retrofits

Adam Met speaks with Anthony E. Malkin, the CEO of Empire State Realty Trust, to learn how retrofits help the iconic building operate more sustainably while never compromising performance.  Learn more about the Empire State Building’s energy saving retrofits!

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This is a video from our 2023 New Futures Fellowship group focusing on Climate + River Communities. Edited by Beenish Sarfaraz. Made possible with support from the World Wildlife Fund.

Films & Media

PRODUCED BY PLANET REIMAGINED

Karnali: Nepal’s Last Free-Flowing River

Common Grounds for Clean Energy

The Empire State Building Retrofits

CONTENT BY PLANET REIMAGINED FELLOWS

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