Climate crisis in Southasia

Simon Evans discusses COP28, historical carbon emissions, colonialism and climate change

Western cli-fi seems almost addicted to Southasia as a theatre for exploring its greatest concerns, yet often falls prey to uninformed perspectives. But there is also a growing tide of climate fiction ...

Arundhati Roy’s memoir, Sri Lanka’s disaster mismanagement after Cyclone Ditwah and more

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake repeats his predecessors’ mistakes in his response to flooding and landslides, which have caused hundreds of deaths

The professor of critical geography discusses how climatic variability, unregulated development and colonial water governance exacerbates Pakistan’s flood vulnerability