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With massive unmet energy demands the potential revenue of electricity exports, Nepal has rapidly expanded its hydropower production. But environmental safeguards are flouted and rarely monitored
Rising temperatures have increased the risk of glacial lake bursts of the kind that devastated the Kedarnath valley in 2013 and parts of Chamoli in 2021. Uttarakhand has commissioned a GLOF risk-assessment study
Artificial light from roadways and restaurants on Pakistan coast poses threats to nesting and hatching grounds for endangered turtles
Kushal Pokharel is an educator, independent researcher and freelance columnist. He is Research Fellow at the Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS). He also serves as the member of the Editorial Board of the World Water Policy Journal. His research interests span contemporary issues of water security, climate change and development at the intersection of public policy and governance. His guest columns have appeared in leading regional and international media like The Third Pole, Nikkei Asia in addition to national outlets.
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