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transboundary-pollution

Bad air and polluted politics

Political resolve to improve air quality will add 3-5 years to the lives of Nepalis

Sonia Awale

The politics of pollution

Air pollution does not respect national boundaries, neither should the solution to it

Sonia Awale

Going up in smoke

The smoke blanketing Nepal this week is not just from forest fires but also burning wheat stalk after harvest

Chandra Kishore

Dirty snow defrosts Nepal’s mountains

Fine suspended particles in the air have reached harmful levels, and are reducing the average lifespan of people in urban Nepal by...

Sonia Awale

Breathing can kill you

It is that time of the year again when smog makes Kathmandu’s air hazardous to health. Hospitals are swamped not with Covid, but COPD...

Sonia Awale

Central Nepal engulfed in smoke

Kathmandu Valley and Central Nepal was engulfed in thick haze on Monday afternoon as prevailing winds whipped up fires in Chitwan and...

How transboundary haze affects Nepal

The Himalayan mountains act as a barrier separating the clean air of the Tibetan Plateau from the polluted Indo-Gangetic plains. But Nepal’s...

A Biden presidency, climate and the Himalaya

With just 4% of the world’s population, the United States is responsible for over 15% of annual global carbon emissions. What America...

Sonia Awale
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