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Opinion: Climate Change Diplomacy in Sri Lanka

Factum Perspective Source: Factum By Minoli Gunarathna Climate change refers to long-term, major changes in the global climate. Given the...

Saving Kangchenjunga

Source: Nepali Times The biodiversity treasures of eastern Nepal are at risk from new roads, outmigration and climate change The...

Climate change and coastal areas

Source: Tyndall Centre Urgent action needed to address climate change threats to coastal areas Global coastal adaptations are...

Nepal’s citizen scientists track climate change

Source: Nepali Times The village of Phorste below Mt Everest has the highest number of high altitude guides who have died climbing in the...

Six steps to your own climate action

Source: Tyndall Centre What are some steps you can do to act on climate change? Below you will find six steps to your own actions on...

The Malayan rainforest and its rare flower

Source: Nepali Times The Rafflesia is the largest flower in the world, growing in the jungles where Gurkhas fought a guerrilla war The...

In high places

Source: Nepali Times Comparing the impact of climate breakdown in the Alps and the Himalaya An exhibit at the Swiss Alpine Museum last...

Taking climate finance to the people

Source: Nepali Times Imagine a world where the people hit hardest by climate crisis have a say in how to stop it. Imagine that youth,...

From the North Pole to the Third Pole

Source: Nepali Times Himalayan nations can get tips on how Arctic Circle countries cooperated in coping with the climate crisis As global...

Reframing disaster and recovery stories in India

Source: Tyndall Centre There is a need to shift portrayals of disaster and recovery to ensure the needs of the most affected are met and...

Norway supports Himalayan climate research

Source: Nepali Times Norway, Nepal and ICIMOD are extending their partnership to protect the Water Tower of Asia This year marks the 50th...

Global Study Finds Planners Using a Wide Variety of Sea-Level Rise Projections

Source: Tyndall Centre The first global survey to assess land use planners’ and coastal managers’ use of sea-level rise (SLR) projections...

Critical tool launched to track national contributions to climate change

Source: Tyndall Centre Research published today shows how countries have contributed to global warming through their emissions of key...

The Red Panda House

Source: Nepali Times New building in Taplejung is not just a training centre, but a base camp for Kanchenjunga trekkers While Dutch...

Farm to fork

Source: Nepali Times Combatting increased food insecurity caused by the combination of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine crisis and the...

Building higher islands could save the Maldives from sea-level rise, says study

Source: Tyndall Centre Artificially raising island heights or building completely new higher islands have been proposed as solutions to...

ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists New research by Geoffrey Supran, Stefan Rahmstorf, and Naomi Oreskes published in Science looks at...

Save Nepal’s orchids

Himalayan orchids need urgent protection before they are smuggled to extinction Source: Nepali Times There are about 30,000 species of...

US: Want Clean Energy? Then You Also Want Battery Recycling.

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Lithium-ion batteries are essential for decarbonizing transportation through electric vehicles and...

US: Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the...

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