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The town has undergone unplanned construction, drastic road widening and hydropower projects that have ignored multiple warnings.

An investigation into Bangladesh’s first and only coal mine in Barapukuria, which local people say has swallowed their land and polluted their rivers

The importance of nature-based solutions in restoring ecosystem services and minimising the impacts of climate change was also stressed at COP15 in December.

Recurrent disasters in the state of Uttarakhand are warnings that time to address the Himalayan region’s ecological issues is running out fast. Every passing year brings some calamity such as flood or landslides. The authorities deal with them in isolation in a routine manner. In one such action, the state government last week

Tiny subspecies of orangutan under threat

This week, at their biggest annual session in Beijing, Chinese lawmakers are expected to ratify the country’s 13th Five-Year Plan, which contains many new measures to address rampant pollution of the country’s air, soil, and water. Will the plan be able to accomplish its goals, and do those goals go far enough?

Under the garb of the development of green energy, China is removing Tibetans from their ancestral lands as Beijings eyes are set on the vast renewable energy potential of the Third Pole of the world, reported Tibet Rights Collective (TRC).

Under the garb of the development of green energy, China is removing Tibetans from their ancestral lands as Beijing eyes are set on the vast renewable energ

In 2022, The Third Pole explored how technology, foreign relations, and infrastructure are impacting the energy transition in South Asia

Latest review and highlights on news that occurred this year. Our 2022 in review includes things you may have missed, what we learned, plus analysis of events.