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Water scarcity

Empty promises and broken taps in Uttarakhand

The Indian government launched an ambitious plan to provide every household with a water tap connection by 2024, but in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand many rural communities are left out

Swati Thapa

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Global heating

No respite from heat for workers in India

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Culture

Climate disasters are destroying Pakistan’s mountain languages

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Groundwater

Opinion: Nepal needs a comprehensive groundwater policy

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Wildlife

In Nepal, debate rages on crop-raiding monkeys

Indian fruits bats hanging on tree

Global heating

Can India save its fruit bats from the rising heat?

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Food security

From mangoes to poultry, heatwave aftermath leaves Bangladesh food security in jeopardy

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Migration

Ethnic conflict puts India’s Loktak lake under stress

The Third Pole

Unlocking the secrets of Himalayan glaciers

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Indigenous peoples

‘It benefits investors, not locals’: Indigenous leaders oppose Nepal cable car project

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Extreme weather

Once-cool Kashmir valley offers little respite from South Asia’s heatwaves

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Water scarcity

Climate change adds to water woes in the Andaman Islands

Indian PM Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif shaking hands

The Third Pole

India and Pakistan may bicker, but climate disasters won’t wait

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‘One less mouth to feed’: Climate disasters linked to child marriage in Bangladesh

Anecdotes from crisis-hit families underscore the economic and social consequences of floods, storms and cyclones

Mehedi Hasan Marof

People carrying plastic bottles queue up to collect water

Cities

‘We need to make old buildings cooler’, says Bangladesh’s chief heat officer

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Health

Climate change and lack of data are hobbling India’s fight against elephantiasis

Indian Prime Minister Modi drinking water during his speech

Policy

Opinion: What do India’s election results mean for its neighbours?

A forestry official stands on dry brush on a smouldering hillside

Wildfires

Bhutan explores controlled burning of mountainsides

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Climate impacts

Opinion: South Asia must unite to champion cryosphere protection and regional stability

Two people laying down on a brick wall under a tree

Global heating

India’s Bihar has a plan for extreme heat. Why are so many people dying?

A man carrying crops on his head at sunrise

Farming

Climate change and botched policies push Pakistan toward food insecurity

A man leading a horse looks at the camera, an army truck drives behind him along a mountain road

Conflict

Opinion: Securing biodiversity by curbing militarisation in the Himalayas

Train stranded in mudslides

Climate adaptation

Examining Assam's disaster readiness after the 2022 floods

A man riding a horse in the mountain area

The Third Pole

Opinion: Restoring mountain ecosystems in the Himalayas is a global imperative

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Climate impacts

Climate change is fuelling turbulence and posing threats to South Asian aviation

A snowy mountain reflected in a calm lake

Disasters

Nepal worries about its most dangerous glacial lake

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