climate change

A conversation with the filmmaker Shaheen Dill-Riaz, director of ‘Sand and Water’.

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 by Southasians themselves.

Pokkali is one of the oldest rice varieties in Kerala. It became prominent for its salt-tolerant and flood-resistant properties and is now being pitched as a climate-adaptive crop

Dengue is endemic in Bangladesh but the current outbreak is unusual in its scale and seasonality. Many experts have linked the surge in dengue cases with extreme climate events

Mapping the impact of the climate crisis across Southasia

Southasiasphere episode 22: Updates and analysis from around the region.

Community initiatives to address the water crisis in coastal Bangladesh.

The forced exodus of the fishing community at Manchar Lake.

Southasiasphere episode 13: Updates and analysis from around the region.

How recent reports on climate change weigh the economic versus the human cost of the ecological crisis.