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Reporting on transboundary water issues across the Himalayan watershed and sharing South Asia climate stories from parent site @DialogueEarth_ ◆ @thirdpolehindi

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Why China's green power certificates are spiking — and what it means for the rest of the world. In March, the price of China’s green power certificates, was changing daily. What caused the spike? .Read the full story on story: ✍️ Xu Nan.#China #Renewables.
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RT @DialogueEarth_: 📸🎖️ Dialogue Earth at the 2025 Gabo Awards.Victor Moriyama's photo story on Xinã Yurá's initiation as a Yawanawá shaman….
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RT @shalineekumari_: The people most impacted by climate change often don’t hear about it in the languages they speak. In this interview w….
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With water scarcity deepening and population needs rising, tensions are mounting within urban areas and interstate disputes. The water crisis highlights an urgent need for better groundwater governance, which has long been overlooked in policy debates:.
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RT @shalineekumari_: Among other things, I also spoke about a climate change glossary I created for @third_pole two years ago, which was bo….
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Glaciers have been mourned before. But the tribute to Yala by @icimod stood out, blending spiritual rituals and traditional beliefs with science, as monks and scientists came together to honour a dying glacier. Read @shalineekumari_'s piece:.
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RT @shalineekumari_: In a rare tribute to a dying glacier by @icimod, science converged with faith high in the Himalayas as one of the Hind….
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The Philippine Natural Gas Industry Development Act was signed by President Marcos, to promote the development of the country’s natural gas as a “safe, efficient, and cost-effective” power plant fuel. ✍️ Gaea Katreena Cabico.🔗 Read full story on website:
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With expeditions and livelihoods on the line amid melting ice and destabilising glaciers, a French-Nepali expedition is constructing a new route up the world’s highest mountain, writes @ridhi_agrawal.
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Renewables transition hang in uncertainty with the Trump administration. With USD 4 billion commitment to the JETP, the loss has already caused project cancellations and exacerbated funding gaps. ✍️ Zhou Xiaozhu.🔗 Read full story on website: #Renewables
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RT @veditum: Last year as part of our project @indiasandwatch, we started an initiative called 'Sediment Stories'. The aim? To explore the….
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RT @Saadia_Qayyum: I wrote, after a long time, on Pakistan’s energy sector.
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RT @maryammjamali: Meanwhile our mangrove conservation strategy is: don’t allow environmental flows to the delta, force farmers to switch t….
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@cheenakapoor @JamwalNidhi @carbon_stink Despite clear evidence that extreme heatwaves and floods are rising, India and Bangladesh are neglecting adaptation, hitting their poorest hardest. Our 2022 analysis reveals how failed infrastructure and inaction deepen the crisis:.
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@cheenakapoor @JamwalNidhi As India and Bangladesh face worsening floods from climate change every year, innovations like clog-resistant drainage, slope-stabilising grasses, reinforced embankments, and portable water purifiers offer hope, @carbon_stink reported in 2022:.
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@cheenakapoor That year, Assam’s Barak Valley suffered one of its worst floods from 327% excess rainfall, breached embankments, and blocked sluice gates. @JamwalNidhi questioned if Assam was ready for the future climate disasters:.
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In 2022, @cheenakapoor reported how the absence of easterly winds stalled the monsoon over Northeast India, causing 3,345 mm of rainfall in just 8 days, equal to Mumbai’s entire monsoon season. Experts linked the rare weather pattern to climate change:.
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🧵 As northeast India reels under floods again, homes are submerged, over 8 lakh people are affected, and at least 36 lives have been lost due to relentless monsoon rains, floods and landslides. At Dialogue Earth, we’ve been reporting on the tragedy that affects many every year.
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"Giving mayors and their communities the power to design and declare locally managed MPAs [marine protected area] can speed up the establishment of protected areas," wrote Tirona. ✍️ Rocky Sanchez Tirona of @rare_org.🔗 Read full story on website: #Ocean
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“‘Let’s stop subsidising fossil fuels and start supporting the renewables revolution.’ That has been the battle cry at nearly every major forum I have attended from the UN and the World Bank,” Solheim says. ✍️ @ErikSolheim.🔗 #Energy #Renewables #China
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