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Articles tagged with #climate
Working with nature to protect people
IFRC and WWF join hands to promote nature-based solutions for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction
From the North Pole to the Third Pole
Himalayan nations can get tips on how Arctic Circle countries cooperated in coping with the climate crisis
Women of the mountains
Photo: JITENDRA BAJRACHARYA/ICIMODDeputy Director General of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Izabella…
Taking climate finance to the people
Imagine a world where the people hit hardest by climate crisis have a say in how to stop it. Imagine that youth, Indigenous Peoples, women, and…
Are Climate Summits a Waste of Time?
Photo: UNITED NATIONSNext month, the latest annual United Nations climate extravaganza, COP27, will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Last…
Nepal’s ‘spray and pray’ approach to agriculture
It makes up one-third of the GDP, but this year’s budget failed to confer farming the importance it deserves
Potholes on the highway to Nepal’s EV future
New Sajha buses as they get ready to depart from the CHTC factory in Nanjing. Photo: MUKUNDA SHAH.Electric vehicles are making a splash in…
Living with climate anxiety
I start every day scrolling through my phone for updates on climate change. My email has become a landing zone for climate newsletters and…
Climate smart Ramkali Mahato
38-year-old Ramkali Mahato from Babargunj, Sarlahi district has a keen interest in learning climate sensitive farming techniques. She has leased…
Keep the flag flying in 2022
Exactly one year ago, this newspaper restarted its hardcopy edition 10 month after going digital-only. The 1 January 2021 #1042 of Nepali Times…
Indo-Pak tension hits SAARC climate action
Tilicho Lake in Manang. The SAARC member states are among the countries most at risk from effects of climate change, yet a regional approach to…
Sino-American rift impacts climate action
Geopolitical and economic rivalry between China and the United States, the world’s two largest carbon emitters, distracted delegates at the…
COPOUT at COP26
The south face of Mt Gauri Shankar (7,134m) on the border between Nepal and China is bare rock, and shows how dramatically the snowline has…
Net Zero is not zero
Photo: PROJECT SYNDICATEIt may seem as if the world is finally taking the climate crisis seriously, judging by the number of pledges to reach…
To vax or not to vax
In Nepal or the US, having an option to vaccinate or not is a matter of privilege
Back to Glasgow, where it all began
World leaders must also take a walk, and undo the global crisis set off by the invention of the steam engine
Covid and climate at the UN
Photo: UNITED NATIONSThe United Nations General Assembly has started its 76th annual session, as 100 world leaders gather in-person after last…
Decarbonisation needs to begin today
The present concentration of carbon dioxide in earth’s atmosphere is the highest in 2 million years. The average atmospheric temperature in the…
UN climate report declares planetary emergency
Paddy and maize fields in Kavre. A heavier than usual monsoon this year brought destructive floods, but was a boon to farmers. Photo: AMIT…
A hotter Himalaya
The muddy waters of the Indrawati bringing down the Melamchi flood at left merging with the Bhote Kosi at Dolalghat on Monday. Photo:…
Pokhara’s shrinking Phewa Lake
Pokhara on a clear autumn day. All photos: KRISHNA MANI BARALThe once pristine Phewa Lake that used to reflect the majestic Annapurnas and…
Saving the treasure trove of Nepal’s orchids
The Gastrochilus calceolaris orchid is popular in homes, hotels and office, but is absent from the government’s own Checklist of CITES Listed…
Holy hike to the sacred Khaptad Plateau
All photos: BHARAT BANDHU THAPAWith the spread of the road network, and airfields coming back into operation, pilgrimage spots like Khaptad are…
Non-climate cause of Nanda Devi flood
The origin of the Nanda Devi massif rockslide and the debris flow on a CubeSat image at 10:30 IST, just before the flood reached the Tapovan…