Explainers

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Negotiations

COP16: What’s on the agenda at this year’s biodiversity talks?
Two years on from the global deal on nature, the focus is now on pushing action forward
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Loss and damage

What is loss and damage, and what does it mean for South Asia?
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Energy transition

Mapping the future of solar capacity in Southeast Asia
Labour

How is climate change affecting workers in Latin America?
Deep-sea mining

Explainer: Deep-sea mining
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Wildlife

Explainer: Why bird flu is now a major threat to marine life
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Biodiversity

The Salween explained: Asia’s last great undammed river
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Law

Ecocide: What is it and should it be considered an international crime?
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Negotiations

Explainer: What is COP28?

Highlights

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Climate impacts

Climate change glossary: the terms you need to understand, explained
To help demystify and open up conversations on climate change, The Third Pole has compiled this glossary of key terms, available in five languages
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Carbon emissions

How do ‘marine heatwaves’ affect the ocean – and what can be done?
As we enter El Niño, periods of surging temperatures at sea are predicted to grow more frequent and intense. What do they do to marine life, and can we adapt?
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Biodiversity

What is CITES, and why does it matter for South Asia?
World Wildlife Day 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of CITES, the global wildlife trade agreement. Here, we explain how it works.
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Energy transition

What does a ‘just transition’ mean for Latin America?
The concept, created in the 1980s, is gradually being embraced by governments to tackle the climate crisis
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Climate adaptation

Explainer: Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean, and how to reduce risks
Illustration of a girl reading a book surrounded by images of floods, solar panels, polar ice caps, forests and climate change keywords
Climate impacts

Climate change glossary: the terms you need to understand, explained
underwater view of seagrass, looking up at a bright sun overhead
Carbon emissions

How do ‘marine heatwaves’ affect the ocean – and what can be done?
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Palm oil

Palm oil: The pros and cons of a controversial commodity
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Climate impacts

Explained: How climate change worsens avalanches in the Himalayas
Disasters

Explained: Climate change, earthquakes and hydropower in the Himalayas
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Infrastructure

What are green buildings and how can they help South Asia address the climate crisis?
A man protesting the closure of a copper smelting plant waves the Chile flag in front of smoke, standing on a balcony
Energy transition

What does a ‘just transition’ mean for Latin America?
Gharial in murky water
Biodiversity

What is CITES, and why does it matter for South Asia?
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Climate adaptation

Geoengineering in Latin America may create more problems than it solves
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Energy transition

China’s ocean power stations set to go commercial
Forest fires and flash floods in the Himalayas
Disasters

Explained: How forest fires worsen flash floods in the Himalayas

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