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Environment
Frontline Failure: Pakistan’s Climate Vulnerability and Leadership Gap
By Abdul Waheed Bhutto
Despite being an extremely climate-vulnerable nation, Pakistan remains conspicuously absent from global climate leadership.
India’s Lagging Attempts to Contain Pollution: Bridging the Climate Commitment Gap
By Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
As India’s attempt to represent the Global South in conversations with the Global North on climate change takes center stage, there is a clear need to take action at home.
The Gorge Between China and India on Hydropolitics
By Ruth Gamble and Hongzhang Xu
Miscommunication and misunderstood geography are confounding discussions about China's planned dams on the Yarlung Tsangpo gorge.
Soaring Death Toll Feared in Myanmar as Powerful Earthquakes Strike
By Luke Hunt
Buildings collapsed amid a magnitude 7.7 quake. In neighboring Thailand, Bangkok declared an “emergency zone.”
India’s Energy Transition Needs Focus on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility
By Aishwarya Ramachandran
Energy transition research addressing the range of equity concerns across India’s socio-economic groups and regions is rare. This needs to change.
Guns and Manure: Sri Lanka’s Army and Organic Agriculture
By Upandha Udalagama
In 2021, the Sri Lankan Army became the unlikely vanguard of a supposed green revolution, resulting in a radical redefinition of civil-military relations in farming regions.
Safeguarding Climate Action Amid Political Transitions in Asia
By Betty Wang and Farwa Aamer
Climate action in many Asian nations remains heavily leadership-driven, making it particularly susceptible to disruption.
India’s Nascent Blue Economy: Structural Constraints and Climate Change Challenges
By Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
As the Indian government finalizes its blue economy policy, there is a clear case for open, inclusive, and transparent dialogue with all stakeholders.
After US Cuts, Accountability on Air Quality to Take a Hit in Tajikistan
By Kulobiddin Norov
The Trump administration’s decision to suspend the U.S. global air quality monitoring program complicates matters in far-away Tajikistan.
At Fukushima Daiichi, Japan’s Unprecedented Nuclear Cleanup Continues
By Nancy Snow
Nuclear nations around the world need to pay attention to how Japan is now conducting decommissioning.
Why South Asian Militaries Need to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
By Mahmud Hussain
South Asian militaries need to work cooperatively to build a regional climate security strategy.
Can China’s Power Sector Walk the Tight-Rope Between Decarbonization and Market Liberalization?
By Chris Hankin
China’s renewable energy sector will now be beholden to market prices. Can that bring China’s decarbonization efforts into a new era?
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