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Community radio helps Indian farmers make sense of climate science

the third pole 09.04.2013 · Leave a Comment
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thethirdpole.net has been part of a pioneering new project to train local radio broadcasters to understand and report on climate change. Read more »

Holding back the desert

the third pole 18.06.2012 · Leave a Comment
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Shifting sands threaten the ecology of Inner Mongolia. Can afforestation projects help to combat the scourge of desertification? Read more »

Tags: China, climate change, governance, grasslands

Message from the mountains

the third pole 02.05.2012 · Leave a Comment
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  David Molden, specialist in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya, explains why mountains should be brought to the top of the environment agenda ahead of Rio+20. Read more »

Tags: climate change, glaciers, video

Omens of a crisis – part three

the third pole 25.08.2009 · Leave a Comment
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  In the final section of a three-part video from the Asia Society, we hear about the global significance of climate-change impacts on the Tibetan Plateau. Read more »

Tags: climate change, glaciers, hazards, video

Omens of a crisis – part two

the third pole 20.08.2009 · Leave a Comment
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  In the second section of a three-part video from the Asia Society, we hear about the growth of environmental awareness on the Tibetan Plateau. Read more »

Tags: climate change, hazards, video, water

Omens of a crisis – part one

the third pole 13.08.2009 · Leave a Comment
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  The Tibetan Plateau, origin of most of the major river systems in Asia, could become the epicentre of a environmental disaster. A video from the Asia Society explains. Read more »

Tags: climate change, governance, video, water

“A most important priority”

the third pole 22.04.2009 · Leave a Comment
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  Isabel Hilton speaks to Rajendra K Pachauri about glacial melt in the Himalayas. This interview was conducted in New York at an event organised by chinadialogue; the Asia society Center on US-China Relations; the Council on Foreign Relations and Columbia University. Read more »

Tags: climate change, governance, video, water

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the third pole 15.06.2012

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