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Hydro power on the Nu river

the third pole 21.11.2008 · Leave a Comment

In this week’s podcast, China’s Green Beat report from southeast Asia’s longest undammed river. Read more »

Yesterday, Mike Muller argued that China’s investment in dams is good news for Africa. Here, Lori Pottinger writes that large dams are costly and destructive, but Chinese experience in renewables still has a lot to offer.

Doha opens gateway to compensation for damage related to climate change

09.12.2012

The Doha deal is clearly too weak to have any significant effect on the global warming that is gathering pace. But it does open a tiny gateway to compensate countries for climate change effects.

Why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided

21.11.2012

A world warmer by 4°C would be “one of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought and major floods,” warns a new World Bank report, ahead of the UN climate conference in Doha next week.

Ganga river dolphin faces extinction

10.10.2012

The revered Ganga river dolphin will follow its Chinese cousin into oblivion unless radical action is taken against pollution and dangerous fishing techniques.

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Could dams be causing China’s earthquakes?

Beth Walker 26.04.2013

Geologists are once again debating whether dam construction in China has led to a proliferation of earthquakes.

New programme to study Himalayan glaciers systematically

Joydeep Gupta 09.04.2013

The Himalayan glaciers are shrinking - no sentence in the climate change debate has generated more controversy. Despite that, there is an astounding lack of knowledge about the state of these glaciers. A new joint programme of the governments of India and Switzerland hopes to start changing that in a systematic manner.

Aviation emissions may jump manifold: study

Joydeep Gupta 09.04.2013

The global aviation industry has committed that its greenhouse gas emissions will not increase after 2020, and by 2050 emissions will be halved from 2005 levels. But a recent study projects that aviation emissions will actually increase between 50 and 500% instead, unless market-based measures are used.

Tibetans had demanded mine closure before deadly landslide

Tom Levitt 04.04.2013

Local Tibetans had petitioned for closure of the billion-dollar copper, silver and gold mine, owned by China Gold International Resources, after reports of poisoned drinking water

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Exploring the third pole

the third pole 15.06.2012

thethirdpole.net’s first reader presents highlights from our published articles by journalists and experts from Tibet to Bangladesh. Important articles are classified by theme and this reader is free to download

China’s grasslands: past and future

the third pole 18.11.2011

A collection of chinadialogue.net articles on China’s grasslands looks at the challenges facing herders and the landscapes they inhabit, from climate change to settlement policies, and strategies for meeting them. Download Now