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Transforming transport in Nepal
Decarbonisation targets include phasing out fossil vehicles to reduce urban air pollution and improve energy security
Fossil fuels poison air
Rights group says COP28 should address air pollution, abuses
Global crisis, local solutions
Nepal must not wait for rich countries to pledge funds for climate action, we can do a lot on our own
Sky high fuel price hits Nepal’s tourism, airlines
One month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the fallout of the war on global fuel prices threatens to derail Nepal’s aviation and tourism…
Ukraine crisis hits Nepal economy hard
Illustration: RABINDRAOn 8 March, international crude oil prices hit a record $139 per barrel due to the Ukraine crisis — nearly double the…
Ukraine, Climate, and Nepal
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago has been called ‘a war over fossil fuel’ because it has exposed Europe’s…
‘Nepal must scrap old diesel vehicles’
Morning rush hour at the congested Koteswor intersection in Kathmandu. Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe rapidly deteriorating air quality in Nepal…
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…
Blood, sweat, tears
Nepal’s economy has hit the iceberg, but you wouldn’t know it from the politicians fighting it out on the deck. A serial prime minister cannot…
The road to electric transportation in Nepal
In 1911, Nepal became the second country in Asia to install a hydroelectric plant, and was a pioneer in electric transportation with the opening…
Climate, COVID-19 and China
As the COVID-19 pandemic grips the world, some have seen a silver lining in a reported decrease in carbon emissions and pollution levels.…
Declaring an emergency
Photo : GOPEN RAI/NT ARCHIVEThe Sagarmatha National Sambaad held this week was a dress rehearsal for a bigger international event slated for…
Nepal must prepare for climate migration
HIGH AND DRY: A village in Mustang is one of the increasing number of settlements that have been abandoned because of water shortage caused by…
MIGRATION MITIGATION
Photo: GOPEN RAIIn the strict legalese that the United Nations is accustomed to, the Madrid Climate Summit is called the 25th Conference of the…
Cars before roads in Nepal
At next week’s Power Summit, let us put finally the horse before the cart
Tourism, aviation and carbon
CARBON NEUTRAL: Yeti Airlines has a policy to cut carbon use with more fuel-efficient ATR-72 aircraft, and battery-powered vans.Last month,…
MUSTN’T BLAME EVERYTHING ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Photo: KUNDA DIXITThere is a tendency on the part of governments to blame everything on climate change. It lets them off the hook. In Nepal, a…
Look what’s cooking in Nepal
Using electric rice cookers instead of LPG could save the country a whole lot of money
Nepal’s electric transport future is here
RENEWABLE TRANSPORT: Symbolic gestures like President Bidya Devi Bhandari using an electric limousine, and more practical tax breaks for EVs…
Life in the time of tornadoes
Tornado in Bara. Photo: RSSThis is the season for windstorms, and even though the whirlwind that hit the central Tarai on 31 March killing 28…
From playing victim to proactive leadership on climate
Gebru Jember Endalew has been involved in UN negotiations on climate change since 2008 as a core member of the Ethiopian negotiating team. Last…
Climate damage
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIClimate change is global, it does not respect national boundaries. Neither should its solution. The only way we can…
The cost of light
Photo: KUNDA DIXITNext week as Nepalis celebrate Tihar, the festival of lights, few will remember that it will mark the second anniversary of…
From a fossil past to an electric future
PIPE DREAM: Part of a 69km petroleum pipeline connecting Amlekhganj in Nepal to an oil refinery in India, under construction in Patlaiya. The…