Environment
Southasia Climate Events Tracker
Mapping the impact of the climate crisis across Southasia
The Editors | Jan 13, 2023
Why Southasia’s air is cleaner this Earth Day
Environmental gains for Southasia need not end when factories reopen.
The Editors | Apr 22, 2020
When comprehensive means cosmetic
India's pollution metrics fail to capture the complex reality of environmental degradation.
Aritra Bhattacharya | Mar 25, 2020
Regulator and regulated breaching the law in Odisha
The aftermath of an industrial accident at a Vedanta coal power plant.
Cheryl Colopy | Feb 01, 2019
The waiting game in Kodagu
On the August 2018 floods that devastated the coffee country in Karnataka.
Deepa Bhasthi | Oct 19, 2018
Change and dispossession
Lack of data prevents a planned response to climate change in the Karnali river basin.
Slok Gyawali | Aug 12, 2016
Langtang the terrible, Langtang the beautiful
Hope springs eternal on this trail.
Rabi Thapa | Jun 25, 2016
Roads to riches
With natural resources at the country’s hilly edges and infrastructure spreading from the central plains, Myanmar eyes a federal bargain.
Mari Michener Oye | Jun 10, 2016
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