Sophie le Clue

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Sophie is a director of ADM Capital Foundation and is responsible for the Foundation's environmental investments, including the identification/evaluation of projects and aligning financial investment with strategic philanthropic objectives. Sophie has worked for the past 20 years in the field of environmental protection and conservation, principally in the Asia Pacific region. She started her career in the UK working in London for an international engineering consulting firm as an environmental consultant, before moving to Hong Kong in 1992. Since then, Sophie has directed and managed consultant teams working on a range of projects for both public and private sector organizations, including environmental impact assessments, environmental management, policy and strategy development, as well as undertaking research projects in the Asia Pacific region.

Stories from Sophie le Clue

Transboundary rivers and geopolitical rsik
February 21, 2012
Sophie le Clue from China Water Risk explores increasing tensions in South and Southeast Asia arising from trans-boundary rivers that have their source on the Tibetan Plateau. The key factors are: - China owns the headwaters of at least 10 major rivers but has no formal water-sharing agreements with its neighbors; - Water scarcity and stress is increasing political tension in the region; - The full extent of dam impacts has not assessed, despite escalating building programs.