Environment

For Pacific Islanders, who feel a strong guardianship over the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s plan to release contaminated water into the ocean is of critical importance. 

Sea level rises are often spoken about as a potential future impact of climate change. But on the Indonesian island of Java, they are already threatening millions.

Migration is often framed as a failure of climate adaptation. It’s better seen as an effective and sustainable response to climate change.   

Climate change may be an “accelerant” for global cooperation, but it also poses significant social, political, and geopolitical challenges in Central Asia.

The impacts of the Aral Sea’s desiccation are threatening the lives of millions and hopes for its revival are plummeting. 

The eastern Tibetan plateau, once largely untouched by industrial development, has been overtaken by dams, mining, and security forces.

Shenzhen is a prime example of China's Sponge City Program, which aims to both prevent flooding and increase water supply in urban areas.

Neither the Helmand River Treaty nor customary international law denies Afghanistan the right to construct dams over the Helmand River.

Large-scale land subsidence in the pilgrimage town has prompted widespread resistance to the construction of dams.

The plan to released treated radioactive wastewater has been fiercely opposed by local residents and Japan's neighbors, including China and South Korea.

Green hydrogen is hydrogen that is produced through the electrolysis of water, powered by electricity generated from renewable sources of energy.

Careful management of hydropower resources is essential to ensure its positive impacts on climate change and avoid transboundary river conflicts.