As Pakistan approaches absolute water scarcity, the call for more dams is rising, but without changing how the country manages its reservoirs, these may do little good, argues Taimoor Akhtar

Satellite imagery makes it clear that snow and rainfall have been exceedingly sparse in parts of the world, including Afghanistan, and this is leading to drought

Mismanagement of water coupled with its theft has sent production plummeting in the former “chilli capital” of Asia, leaving women and pickers the worst off

GD Agarwal, a doyen of India’s environmentalists, breathed his last at a Rishikesh hospital after a 111-day fast demanding action to revive uninterrupted flow in the critically polluted Ganga

In Bhutan, political parties make big promises, but environment conservation takes back seat with little detail on their plans

Asia does not have enough water to fuel its economy or provide food and power unless countries radically rethink their current export–led growth model, argues a new report from the Hong Kong based NGO China Water Risk. At the heart of this water crisis are Asia’s ten major rivers that originate in the Hindu Kush […]

Landless labourers in Bihar benefit from the silt that comes down from the Himalayas by growing vegetables, but it is an extremely tough life, with very little profit for the farmer

More innovative and inclusive cooperation between countries in South Asia – at the government, civil society and business level – will help strengthen and improve governance of shared water resources

A new paper by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute highlights the ways that climate change may impact conflicts in the regions of South and Southeast Asia

As glaciers start to melt faster, and there is less snowfall and rain due to global warming, the changes have started to impact farming patterns in the cold desert of Ladakh in India