On World Environment Day, a report on villagers in eastern Nepal forced to move as mountain springs dry up in the Himalayas

Authorities hope to force farmers to shift away from growing water guzzling rice in a race to save depleting water tables

The slowest snowfall in decades, and a continuing insurgency, have led to Afghanistan facing the worst drought this century, with little capability to respond

Ecosystem restoration and land-based solutions must segue into actions to stem biodiversity loss and restrain runaway global warming, the United Nations desertification summit held at New Delhi said in its closing declaration

Despite the drought gripping this region of India, one village in Marathwada has flourished by growing grapes using innovative water saving methods

In Maharashtra – the epicentre of the drought gripping the country – farmers abandon dying crops and people struggle to find enough water to survive

The slowest snowfall in decades, and a continuing insurgency, have led to Afghanistan facing the worst drought this century, with little capability to respond

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

Villagers trapped between snow covered peaks and roaring rivers are running out of water

Nepal’s most arid region is getting even less rain than it did before, forcing villagers to relocate