Bad air and polluted politics
Political resolve to improve air quality will add 3-5 years to the lives of Nepalis
transboundary-pollution
The politics of pollution
Air pollution does not respect national boundaries, neither should the solution to it
Going up in smoke
The smoke blanketing Nepal this week is not just from forest fires but also burning wheat stalk after harvest
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...
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...
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...
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