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What is green hydrogen? Could it transform energy in South Asia?

Green hydrogen has the potential to displace fossil fuels in heavily polluting sectors that solar and wind cannot effectively target

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indigenous peoples

Shepherds in Indian Himalayas turn backs on traditional livelihood

Singhkan Ruenhom, who’s father founded Mae Ngaw village, sits in a boat on the Yuam River. Photo Story
infrastructure

Communities in the dark over Yuam River diversion impacts in Thailand

Cars queue at a filling station in Almaty on 9 January 2022, Valery Sharifulin Opinion
carbon emissions

Opinion: Net zero a remote prospect for unsettled Kazakhstan

Labourers transport sugarcane on bullock carts to a factory in Zaheerabad, Telegana, India, Krishnendu Halder Opinion
Energy transition

Opinion: Think in systems to deliver India’s long-term climate strategy

A woman wades through a flooded village in the eastern state of Bihar, India Article
climate impacts

In Bihar, women face floods and increasing violence

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Energy transition

Opinion: Unrest underlines need to reform Kazakhstan’s energy sector

A man in front of the ruins of his house after the flood disaster, Kokarai, Pakistan Article
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Climate disasters trigger mental health crisis in Pakistan’s mountains

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biodiversity

Best of 2021: A wetland refuge on the Russia-Mongolia border

A power plant set up in the Tharparkar desert by Engro Powergen Thar Private Limited, Image Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company Article
coal

Best of 2021: China’s coal exit will not end Pakistan’s reliance on dirty fuel

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conservation

Best of 2021: Lessons and inspiration in the fight to save Asia’s biodiversity

A Covid-19 patient receives oxygen outside a hospital Kathmandu, Himalayas, Navesh Chitrakar Article
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Best of 2021: Pandemic lessons for the climate change age

A collage illustration depicting climate change related disasters, Gautier Rebetez, 2021 Article
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Best of 2021: Climate change and disasters on The Third Pole

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  1. In Bihar, women face floods and increasing violence
  2. Climate disasters trigger mental health crisis in Pakistan’s mountains
  3. Opinion: Unrest underlines need to reform Kazakhstan’s energy sector
  4. Opinion: Net zero a remote prospect for unsettled Kazakhstan
  5. Permafrost preserves treasures for 2,700 years in Kazakhstan
  6. Life in the shadow of a cement plant in Kazakhstan

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Life in the shadow of a cement plant in Kazakhstan

Local residents and activists say that the Gezhouba Shieli cement plant, part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is polluting the air, water and soil of a village less than a kilometre away

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A climber on the summit ridge of a peak in the Solu-Khumbu Everest region in Nepal, Image: Christian Kober Article
glaciers

What record warm winters mean for glaciers in the Everest region

A new study suggests that Himalayan glaciers may be melting even during winter, when they were previously believed to remain stable
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endangered species

Clouded leopards may be rarer than wild tigers across mainland Asia

In the 2021 assessment of the mainland clouded leopard’s conservation status, scientists warn that across much of its range, hunting and other threats mean the future looks bleak for the elusive big cat
People protest the administration of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage at COP26, Yves Herman Opinion
Climate finance

Opinion: Polluters risk litigation if they fail to address loss and damage

COP26 ended without concrete measures to deliver finance to pay for damage caused by climate change. If rich countries do not address this soon, it will drive legal cases in international courts
A stable for water buffalo in Mumbai. Livestock is the source of 63% of India's agricultural methane emissions Article
Agriculture

Why India is neglecting its methane problem

The world’s third-largest emitter of the potent greenhouse gas, India is hesitant to join global phasedown efforts
Children play outside a stilt house in Nikori village, Golaghat district, Assam (Image © SEEDS / Siddharth Behl)
Children play outside a stilt house in Nikori village, Golaghat district, Assam (Image © SEEDS / Siddharth Behl)
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Stilt houses help people withstand floods in Assam

An NGO has modified traditional designs to create houses that have resisted seven floods

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New frogs and pandas: How genetics can aid conservation in the Himalayas

The team from Thanamir village on the way to set up camera traps to monitor wildlife in the community forest, Ramya Nair
conservation

Interview: Indigenous-led conservation in Nagaland preserves rare wildlife

White-bellied heron in Bhutan
endangered species

World’s rarest heron on the brink in its last Himalayan stronghold

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