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Opinion: The glacier crisis is no longer a remote, abstract problem
Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, threatening water, energy and lives across Asia, writes ICIMOD’s Qianggong Zhang on World Glaciers Day

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Opinion: India’s environment must be central to its vision of growth
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Plastics

Indigenous Peoples fight to be heard at plastics treaty talks
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Dams

As Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods
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Migration

Bhutan’s growing migration wave demands better planning
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Blue economy

To save our ocean, we need a sustainable blue economy
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Fisheries

The South African fishers fighting fossil fuels
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Carbon emissions

China’s north cleans up its power mix as the south lags
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Culture

Theatre review: Kyoto
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Renewables

Will China’s new renewable energy pricing speed up coal’s exit?
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Endangered species

Seagrass loss leaves Thailand’s dugongs struggling to survive
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Climate impacts

At Lake Titicaca, residents feel the strain of climate change and pollution
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Global heating

China’s trees are feeling the heat

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Energy

Why China’s clean energy need not fear US tariffs
Compared to its other export industries, China’s cleantech is much less vulnerable to Trump administration trade measures
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Extreme weather

Extreme weather is leaving Latin Americans in the dark
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Climate impacts

How is climate change impacting Ghana’s tropical forests?
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Inside a Delhi ‘Warrior Mom’s’ fight for clean air
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Latin America readies new UN climate plans as emissions rise
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Pakistan must rebuild Chinese investor confidence in its energy transition
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Climate impacts

Life after Kenya’s floods of 2024
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Energy transition

Thailand’s ethanol revolution: Can biofuels deliver on climate goals?
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Law

Analysis: Can Bangladesh’s single-use plastic crackdown succeed?
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Fisheries

Thailand ‘bringing back the bad old days’ for fisheries, say activists
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Understanding China’s huge fisheries law overhaul
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Botswana’s severe drought and the struggle to adapt
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Ley Yolanda: the struggle to save Argentina’s environmental training law
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Paying back the sea: A Balinese fisher’s tale

A community coral restoration project has enabled fishers to help bring poisoned reefs back to life on the Indonesian island’s north shore

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Elections

What does a second Trump presidency mean for the ocean?
Some fear the wannabe whale psychiatrist heading for the White House will undo progress on climate action and marine protection
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Natural gas

Mexico’s LNG ambitions face the Trump era and environmental concerns
Recent projects to export US natural gas worldwide via Mexican LNG terminals face uncertainty amid potential trade tensions and community pushbacks
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Geopolitics

Analysis: Southeast Asia’s energy transition under a Trump presidency
China’s role will only become more important, but southeast Asian leaders will have difficult decisions to make, writes energy analyst Putra Adhiguna
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Colombia juggles closer China ties and Trump tensions
Country looks set to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a possible boost for trade, investment and energy – but likely a source of frictions with its traditional US ally

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