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“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

There is no plan B

the third pole 15.01.2009 · Leave a Comment
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  Isabel Hilton talks to environmentalist Bill McKibben about climate change on the Tibetan plateau — and the need to act now. Read more »

Tags: climate change, governance, video

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Why big dams don’t work

11.07.2012
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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
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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
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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.

Solar power transforms the lives of Indian villagers

14.03.2013
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A social enterprise is providing low cost solar power to some of the poorest households in northern India.

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Melting Himalayas contribute to global sea level rise

Tim Radford 21.05.2013

Melting glaciers outside the two poles account for one third of sea level rise, according to a new study

Everest glaciers have shrunk 13% since the 1960s

the third pole 20.05.2013

New research shows the world's highest peak is metling, probably due to global warming

China to share river data, India wants more

Joydeep Gupta 20.05.2013

In his first trip abroad since becoming China’s premier Li Keqiang promised to share more data on transboundary rivers with India. But Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, wanted more

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.

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Exploring the third pole

the third pole 15.06.2012
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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
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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

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