China aims to cut carbon intensity 60-65% in national climate plan
June 30, 2015
China has released details of its national climate plan that maps out how the world’s largest emitter will peak GHG emissions by 2030 or earlier
June 30, 2015
China has released details of its national climate plan that maps out how the world’s largest emitter will peak GHG emissions by 2030 or earlier
June 29, 2015
The lack of a governance framework on how to fight climate battles hampered the authorities when they had to deal with the recent Karachi heatwave
June 29, 2015
Nepal’s two giant neighbours overtake developed world in aid, but big pledges for post-quake reconstruction raise question: when will the pledges be kept
June 26, 2015
High up in the eastern Himalayas, a different kind of art school is bringing a new world to poor children
June 24, 2015
Earthquake reconstruction has pitted Nepal’s government and the donor community against each other. On the eve of a crucial conference, a quake-hit populace hopes they will resolve their differences and lead quake-resistant reconstruction
June 24, 2015
With nearly 800 people killed by this June’s heat wave, Pakistan’s largest city is grasping for ways to beat the heat, while scientists link the phenomenon to climate change
June 23, 2015
But the few apple orchard owners who have tried to insure their crops have been deterred by red tape
June 22, 2015
Fields sodden with excess, stagnant water that gradually turns saline is turning millions of acres of farmland in Pakistan barren, prompting experts to warn that the Indus basin could turn into lakes of saline water
June 19, 2015
India has been providing Brahmaputra flow data to Bangladesh. Now with China joining in, Bangladesh is able to double, to ten days, the number of days by which it can warn people of a flood
June 19, 2015
Lack of clean drinking water forces Pakistanis to buy bottled water if they can afford it, but repeated tests show that is no guarantee of safety