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Governments have to build infrastructure, help residents and ease travel between countries
China’s coal exit will not end Pakistan’s reliance on dirty fuel
Pakistan will continue to develop under-construction coal plants and even turn to highly polluting local sources of the fossil fuel
Nepal’s climate action plan: progressive on paper only
Updated Nationally Determined Contribution set out plans to reduce emissions and electrify railways, but the gap between ambition and implementation is growing
India announces net-zero target at start of COP26 summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment for India to be net zero by 2070 at the World Leaders Summit raises hope for success at COP26
Afghanishtan: Winter is coming
South Asia faces a perfect storm with the growing risk of an unstable Afghanistan, coupled with divided views in the international community on who must take responsibility for the strategic rubble of the American exit from the country
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Pakistan turns locust threat into chicken feed
As the biggest locust swarms for more than 25 years threaten India and Pakistan’s breadbasket regions, a pilot project in Pakistan offers a way to cull the crop-destroying pests without using insecticides that harm people and the environment
Exploring the Indian Ocean as a rich archive of history – above and below the water line
This article is part of a series on oceans being co-ordinated across all The Conversation sites. This is an introductory article on the Indian Ocean. Similar essays will be featured on the other oceans of the world. These essays are longer than usual.
It’s time for the Sundarbans
Well, the Sundarbans has done it again! As it has been doing for hundreds of years. This time, it took the blow of supercyclone Amphan and saved us from severe devastation
The Wild Shrub at the Root of the Afghan Meth Epidemic
MUHAMMAD REHMAN SHIRZAD squints against the late afternoon sun as he scrambles up the side of a steep ravine in the district of Surobi on the eastern edge of Afghanistan’s Kabul Province
How Mumbai's poorest neighbourhood is battling to keep coronavirus at bay
Informal settlements are experiencing a greater surge in COVID-19 cases than other urban neighbourhoods in Mumbai, India
Need for sustainable cross-border tourism in the Sundarbans
Large parts of the eastern India state of West Bengal and Bangladesh experienced mayhem caused by the super-cyclone Amphan
The India-UAE Spat: A Cautionary Tale for New Delhi
India’s relationship with the United Emirates may not be the world’s most watched-relationship—and especially these days, amid a raging global pandemic
How coronavirus sparked a wave of innovation in India
Entrepreneurs and innovators across India have responded quickly to the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic
Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community
Since the Gorkha earthquake killed almost 9,000 people in April 2015, Nepal has been on a slow and arduous route to recovery
Global tourism industry may shrink by more than 50% due to the pandemic
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights
Coronavirus closes in on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's cramped, unprepared camps
Coronavirus is spreading quickly in densely populated Bangladesh, despite a nationwide shutdown put in place a month ago
Myanmar needs to recognise and accept 'Rohingya identity'; integration with Bangladesh is wishful thinking
Indeed, if anyone is serious about the plight of the Rohingyas and is looking for sustainable solutions to the crisis, then the person ought to put her gaze not on Bangladesh but on Myanmar, writes Imtiaz Ahmed for South Asia Monitor
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