China’s new environmentalist avatar contains an iron fist

October 13, 2020

In a newly published book, scholars Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro provide a cautionary take on the consequences of coercive environmentalism

Pakistani military in charge, provinces sidelined in a revived CPEC

October 05, 2020

A new CPEC Authority aims to centralise decision-making and take autonomy away from the provinces where the corridor’s key projects will be built. This makes the future of CPEC and its environmental consequences even more opaque

Glacial lakes become more deadly as Himalayan ice melts

September 29, 2020

Researchers map the most dangerous lakes and call on China and Nepal to work together to reduce the threat of catastrophic flooding

China’s new carbon neutrality pledge: What next?

September 24, 2020

Experts react to President Xi’s statement that China will up its climate ambition by striving for carbon neutrality by 2060

Interview: Indian poet Sudeep Sen on The Third Pole

September 08, 2020

A conversation with the internationally acclaimed poet, editor and writer about ‘The Third Pole’, the pandemic and climate change

Plans for wind power from Chinese firm fall apart in Myanmar

August 24, 2020

Myanmar’s first wind power project in the doldrums after the government changes direction on how it backs projects