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China to stop building new coal power projects overseas

On the anniversary of its carbon-neutrality pledge, China has announced a new policy to stop building new coal-fired power plants abroad

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Climate disasters

Climate change is leading to more lightning strikes in India

"Planting a tree" celebrations are carried out at the Elisabeth High School in Peshawar, Pakistan in February 2020, where there is a push for a greener CPEC (Image: Alamy) Opinion
Belt and Road

Greener CPEC a must for Pakistan’s pandemic recovery

Rescuers evacuate residents from their flooded houses in Paccerakkang, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia Article
climate talks

Roundtable: Should COP26 be delayed?

Flooded houses, Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal, during the 2021 monsoon Article
Climate disasters

Droughts and late monsoon floods batter South Asia

Conducting field work on the glaciers of the Tian Shan Article
glaciers

Interview: A glacier scientist on field work in the Tian Shan

Children play outside a stilt house in Nikori village, Golaghat district, Assam, India, SEEDS / Siddharth Behl Photo Story
Climate adaptation

Stilt houses help people withstand floods in Assam

A clouded leopard relocated to Manas National Park, Assam, in an attempt to raise the population of the endangered big cat (image: Alamy) Article
biodiversity

Assam’s Manas National Park regains its glory

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Science

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

A farmer tends her crops growing on a floating platform in Majuli, Assam, India, South Asian Forum for Environment Article
food security

Floating farms boost flood resilience on river island in Assam

Tharu indigenous women fishing in Bardia National Park Nepal Opinion
indigenous peoples

Opinion: Reform Nepal’s conservation laws to acknowledge indigenous rights

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Belt and Road

What China’s new guidelines on ‘green development’ mean for the Belt and Road

Batang Toru hydropower project area in North Sumatra, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tonggo Simangunsong Article
hydropower

Hydroelectric project in Sumatra risks extinction of world’s rarest orangutan

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  5. New frogs and pandas: How genetics can aid conservation in the Himalayas
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Pipes pump sand dredged from the Mekong River onto an area of land being reclaimed for property development on the outskirts of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh (Image © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom)
Pipes pump sand dredged from the Mekong River onto an area of land being reclaimed for property development on the outskirts of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh (Image © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom)
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Is Cambodia’s thirst for sand putting communities and the Mekong at risk?

The Cambodian government is embarking on a number of ambitious development projects, which critics say come at the expense of the environment and people’s livelihoods

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development

What is the cost of Bhutan’s mining boom?

The landlocked Himalayan nation counts on its mineral resources to develop, but environmental damage and corruption may be putting the country on the wrong path
Dust and sand blowing on the Kanchenjunga Glacier in the Himalayas Opinion
glaciers

The Himalayas and the Arabian Gulf: How dust can melt mountains and change seas

Ecosystems and livelihoods separated by thousands of miles are closely linked by wind patterns that sweep the Asian continent
Fishers on the Indus River, Hyderabad, Pakistan Opinion
Climate refugees

Comment: Pakistan’s policymakers must address climate migration

Pakistani communities, especially women, are becoming more vulnerable to disaster-driven displacement. Gender-sensitive resilience measures and relief policies must become part of the national discourse
A man carrying bricks at Fatullah Brick Factory near Dakha, in Bangladesh. Article
infrastructure

Could Bangladesh’s ‘eco-bricks’ do more harm than good?

The switch from polluting clay-fired bricks to concrete-based ‘alternative bricks’ is presented as an environmentally friendly policy, but experts say overlooks carbon emissions in the supply chain and destruction of riverine ecosystems

Can South Asia work together to combat climate change? from The Third Pole on Vimeo.

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Webinar: Can South Asia work together to combat climate change?

Ahead of COP26, our panellists explore opportunities to address South Asia’s most pressing environmental issues through cross-border cooperation

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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

biodiversity

Lockdowns bring hardship to birders’ paradise in India

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