Environment

Its dam-building spree in pursuit of hydropower has led to the displacement of people, deforestation and disasters in the Himalayan region.

Shrinking glaciers are forcing residents to flee, leaving a scattering of ghost towns across the country's unforgiving north.

The country's livestock and mining sectors depend on water. What can Ulaanbaatar do to ensure both have the access they need for decades to come?

News about anti-mining protests and a massive oil spill reflects the rising concern about the rapid destruction of island ecosystems across the Philippines.

The pandemic has pushed people globally to reconnect with nature, and in China, that has unfortunately resulted in an epidemic of litter in the nation’s wild spaces. But there are reasons for optimism.

China must begin to challenge its coal dependence, starting by dismantling particularly inefficient policies that have encouraged new coal construction.

Adani is still working on existing renewables projects but not those in the pipeline. 

The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River.

UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the “authenticity and integrity” of the World Heritage Site in Laos.

Ten years ago, five Asian states – China, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea – joined the Arctic Council as observers. How have their Arctic policies evolved since then?

In the face of climate change and fossil fuel projects, Bangladeshi fishers and farmers worry that their livelihoods are at great risk.

“These are gigantic amounts of rainfall… I have no doubt whatsoever in my mind that climate change has influenced the event.”