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Indian student wins global youth video competition on climate change
Adarsh Prathap wins award at COP23 climate talks in Bonn for film highlighting the importance of mangroves
Posted 22 Dec 2017 in Articles -
Benchmark glaciers in the Himalayas keep receding
The steady retreat of the Satopanth and Bhagirath-Kharak glaciers is a chilling reminder of how climate change is affecting the hydrology of the Ganga’s headwaters
Posted 21 Dec 2017 in Blogs -
Muddying the Mekong: balancing sediment and sustainable development
If all the dams currently proposed for the lower Mekong basin are developed, sediment load reaching the delta will fall to 4% of current levels
Posted 19 Dec 2017 in Opinion -
Green solutions give women in central Sri Lanka new lease of life
Efficient home gardening, rainwater tanks and clean cookstoves are helping Central Province communities develop climate change resilience
Posted 06 Dec 2017 in Articles -
Clean cookstoves key to Sri Lanka’s green village drive
In central Sri Lanka, energy-efficient stoves are helping small businesses to flourish and encourage low carbon development
Posted 04 Dec 2017 in Articles -
Saffron crop fails in Kashmir due to drought
After declining in recent years, the harvest of saffron in Kashmir has failed completely in 2017 due to a severe drought caused, in part, by climate change
Posted 01 Dec 2017 in Articles -
Climate smart practices revive cardamom farming in eastern Himalayas
A combination of pests, deforestation and climate change had almost wiped out large cardamom, but natural fertilisers and mobile technology has helped its comeback
Posted 30 Nov 2017 in Blogs -
How forests help tackle carbon emissions: lessons from India, China and South Korea
Reforestation efforts have removed 12 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere in the last 20 years. How can other countries replicate this success?
Posted 16 Nov 2017 in Articles -
‘Non-state actors are driving the bus’: the role of the US at COP23
President Trump may have withdrawn his government from the Paris Agreement, but US delegates are still negotiating and NGOs and local leaders are fighting for climate action
Posted 15 Nov 2017 in Articles -
South Asia needs a plan to address climate-induced migration
As extreme weather events increase across the region due to climate change, there is an urgent need to address the forced migration of large numbers of people
Posted 10 Nov 2017 in Articles&Opinion