Regional cooperation

How can countries come together for sustainable development?

A tarmacked section of the Pamir Highway in Darvoz district, Tajikistan, photographed in April 2022 before the start of renovation work

Pamir Highway upgrade in Tajikistan a test of green BRI guidelines

A 100km stretch of the only road between Dushanbe and China is being renovated, but detail is lacking on how it will adhere to China’s ‘green development guidelines’

backhoe digging in mountainous area

Extension of CPEC to Afghanistan could link infrastructure across continent

Nepal and China take step towards one of ‘world’s toughest railways’

In the course of its journey, more than 75 major tributaries flow into the Yarlung Tsangpo-Siang-Brahmaputra-Jamuna River (Image: Ganesh Pangare)

water cooperation

Review: Data-centred World Bank report promotes dialogue on rivers

submerged temple and hydropower dam in mountainous area

Opinion: Energy importers must consider true ‘sustainability’ of Laos hydropower

Partition in South Asia

water cooperation

Opinion: Deep scars to South Asia’s ecosystems are a legacy of Partition

How much progress has been made on Kyrgyz-Uzbek water cooperation?

How a seed encapsulates Nepal’s trade imbalance with China

Water pollution

Dirty, depleted Kabul River a risk to millions in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Highlights

South Asia climate change regional cooperation

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

A solitary woman, covered in traditional head scarf, walking towards the Indus River near Skardu in Northern Pakistan [image: Alamy]

Indus basin management demands political cooperation

A new briefing paper has good ideas on joint investments by countries, but should have taken regional tensions into account

Washington, United States. 27th Jan, 2021. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his administration's response to climate change at an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington DC, January, 2021.

Comment: Biden’s finance pledge is inadequate for climate justice

Before Joe Biden’s climate summit, the US president has pledged money for the developing world. Neither developing nations nor climate activists think he has promised enough

Mirlan Piridin, 26, stands in front of the destroyed house where he lived with his parents, in the border village Ak-Sai, Batken region, Kyrgyzstan. Hours before the house was destroyed by an artillery shell, the family managed to evacuate (Image: The Third Pole)

What drove the worst Kyrgyz-Tajik conflict in years?

Last month, violence erupted at the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. It was prompted by a dispute over water, but experts say multiple factors were behind the shocking escalation

Decades on, Pakistan is still seeking a Kabul River agreement

Malik Fida A Khan

Interview: What now for the Ganges Treaty?

Local residents of Fenchuganj of Sylhet district in Bangladesh participate at a Nodi Boithok to identify important fish habitats and conflict spots in the Kushiyara river. Image: Oxfam/CNRS

After Bangladesh, river meetings in India address riparian challenges

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

Renewables on the burner as gas pipeline dominates Imran Khan’s Russia trip

Uzbek man stands on a ship deck in the ship graveyard near the former port of Moynaq on the Aral Sea, Uzbekistan.

World Bank experts on Central Asia’s looming water crisis

Man kneeling on a rock near reflective river

UN meeting sets sights on global plastics treaty

Overhead view of two small and narrow fishing boats on a wide river on a

water cooperation

Lack of data on dam activity mars Mekong governance efforts

A woman and her family under a temporary shelter after the landfall of Cyclone Amphan. Source: Alamy

Opinion: On climate justice, India should practise what it preaches

People protest against the Xayaburi dam outside the Administrative Court of Thailand in Bangkok, in June 2014, Chaiwat Subprasom

Opinion: Listen to civil society to save the Mekong

Solar panels in Zanskar, Ladakh, India

The promises and pitfalls of India’s plan for a global grid

Baglihar dam on Chenab river, known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Reviving South Asian cooperation, climate first

A farmer in Punjab, Pakistan, sits on the dry soil. More severe and frequent droughts are making it harder for people to grow crops where they have traditionally farmed.

Climate refugees

Opinion: Protect climate refugees under international law

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