Pakistan launches major study on impact of heat on pregnant women and babies
In January 2024, researchers at Aga Khan University (AKU) in Pakistan’s Sindh province, launched an ambitious four-year project to measure the impact of extreme heat on maternal and child health....
View ArticleAnalysis: Himalayan countries must focus on what works for adaptation
2023 was the hottest year on record. Perversely, the UN Environment Programme Adaptation Gap Report 2023, published in November last year, revealed that public funding for adaptation to climate change...
View ArticleBio-briquettes tackle India’s climate, pollution and poverty challenges
Surjeet Kaur is a 38-year-old farmer whose family has tilled land for generations in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab. Each year, Kaur and her family together harvest about 90 quintals...
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Light pollution endangers Karachi’s visiting turtles
As Pakistan celebrated independence day on 14 August 2023, the chief minister of Sindh province inaugurated the 5.9 kilometre Mauripur road. Funded by the World Bank, the road rehabilitation is part...
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India and Bangladesh must address climate migration together
On a three-day visit of a US delegation to Bangladesh last month, both refugees and climate change featured high on the diplomatic agenda. Delegates acknowledged Bangladesh as the world’s seventh most...
View ArticleAnalysis: Sandeshkhali and the exploitative aquaculture of the Bengal Delta
The Bengal Delta is undergoing significant changes, characterised by rising salinity levels. As the world’s largest delta – and home to over 100 million people across India and Bangladesh – these...
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Mekong’s giant fish threatened by dams and wetland conversions
Etched in the ancient temples of Angkor, the giant barb is the largest carp species in the world and Cambodia’s national fish. Despite its revered status, however, it is among an estimated 19% of...
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Early warning systems: Sharing technology to combat climate change in South Asia
Early in 2023, monsoon rains hit hard in Nepal’s Koshi Province. The cascading nature of the flood damaged hydropower infrastructure and took the lives of several hydropower workers. The increasing...
View ArticleNepal’s hydropower boom comes at the cost of its fish
The beginning of 2024 for Nepal was marked by important talks to export hydropower produced electricity. In the first week of January, Nepal signed a 25-year trade deal with India. One key agreement...
View ArticleAnalysis: Gwadar floods highlight infrastructural flaws in ‘crown jewel’ city
“It took me three days to take the flood water out of the house,” says Asghar Baloch, a local fisher living in the congested and squalid Mulla Band area adjacent to the Gwadar Port. “It was knee-deep,...
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How can China’s offshore fisheries handle climate change?
As climate change brings warmer, more acidic waters to China, its offshore fish stocks are coming under pressure. A number of fish populations – including the large yellow croaker, sea bream and...
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Who controls Argentina’s lithium?
Argentina’s lithium, with all its promises of bringing foreign currency and economic progress, is spread out across millions of hectares of unique ecosystems: salt flats. Below these sparse expanses,...
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How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia
In Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, spanning 490,000 hectares, expansive tracts of protected forest are being illegally converted to cassava, cashew and rubber plantations. Husband and wife...
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Is China ready to put solar panels out at sea?
China is increasingly seeking to put solar panels on the seas off its coastline, with some state-run companies experimenting as far offshore as 30 kilometres. A global leader in renewable energy,...
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Imperilled by ocean acidification: Senegal’s shellfish sector
Editor’s note: Ocean acidification is a global crisis. From West Africa’s Atlantic shores to the Pacific coast of North America, this manifestation of climate change is already doing alarming damage...
View ArticleIntroducing Dialogue Earth
Dialogue Earth is the new name for the China Dialogue organisation – and our new, unified website dialogue.earth. The site brings together our four long-standing platforms China Dialogue, China...
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Roundtable: Ecuador, China and FTAs in South America
China has established a strong presence in Latin America in recent decades, becoming the region’s second most important trading partner, and for some countries, such as Chile and Peru, the number one....
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Assessing the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline: A solution to Pakistan’s...
The rooftop of Vaqar Zakaria’s home in Islamabad is strewn with photovoltaic panels that he says have lowered his electricity bill to virtually nothing. This is countered by the stark contrast in his...
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Escazú at 3: Latin America’s first environmental treaty is a work in progress
In recent years, Latin America and the Caribbean has consistently ranked as the world’s most dangerous region for environmental defenders. In 2022, 88% of all murders of such activists worldwide took...
View ArticleCan renewables ease Africa’s energy access crisis?
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, countries are struggling to achieve universal energy access and clean-energy transitions. More than 600 million Africans cannot access electricity, and a lack of reliable...
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