Inter Press Service: Far from looking at climate change as a distant theoretical issue for scientists and environmentalists to dissect, countries that share the Mekong River would do well to realise that it is first and foremost a development issue that threatens to affect food, environment and everyday lives. This view was aired by experts from different backgrounds – whether hydrologists, diplomats, community workers or water experts — at an Oct.16-17 meeting here of stakeholders in a development plan …