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Toolkits to deal with Asian droughts
September 23, 2019
As severe multi-year droughts blight Asia, organisations are coming together to create toolkits and response mechanisms to deal with the crisis
One law to rule India’s rivers
September 20, 2019
As the Indian government pushes a law that would further centralise water management under its power, state governments and water activists protest
Pakistanis are marching to combat climate change
September 19, 2019
As students and climate activists get ready to march for the climate in Pakistan, Atika Rehman finds out why Pakistanis find it impossible to ignore climate change impacts any longer
A barrage to save, or doom, the Indus delta
September 18, 2019
Pakistani authorities say construction of a barrage will address key water issues, but there have been no local consultations, and experts fear that it will only add to the problems in the Indus delta
Dealing with land degradation through organic farming
September 17, 2019
The move towards organic farming in Bhutan, Nepal, and the Indian state of Sikkim provides a clear way forward in dealing with land degradation and pursuing sustainable development in the Himalayas
In the wake of Hurricane Dorian
September 16, 2019
Hurricane Dorian was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever measured in the Atlantic, and left behind devastation in its wake