Renewable energy or food?

Clean energy: A file photo of a food vendor using the power of the sun to cook chicken in Petchaburi province, south of Bangkok. — AFP

BANGKOK: Huge renewable energy projects planned in Asia, such as solar parks and hydropower dams, risk accelerating the conversion of farmland, uprooting communities and destroying livelihoods, energy experts and human rights activists warned.

As they look to curb climate changing emissions, some of the most rapid transitions to renewable energy are taking place in countries such as China, India and across South-East Asia.