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Think globally in Glasgow, and act locally

On 15 June, the Melamchi River north of Kathmandu saw a massive flash flood, killing 25 people and sweeping away 200 houses...

Nepal doubles its carbon footprint

Nepal’s per capita greenhouse gas emission may be negligible compared to industrialised countries, but it has doubled in the last seven years. This...

UN climate report declares planetary emergency

As if the drought, wildfire and flood disasters this year were not bad enough, scientists have warned that unless the world reduces emissions of greenhouse gases drastically, these...

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

The climate threat multiplier

Most of the recent talk within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process and elsewhere has focused on cutting greenhouse...

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