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Problematic switches to shrimp farming in areas of rising salinity in India and Bangladesh underline the need for political reform.

Researchers emphasise the critical importance of water governance for the future of one billion people in South Asia, highlighting that climate change exacerbates pressures on water resources and poses a risk of destabilisation, thereby advocating for integrated river basin management approaches.

With massive unmet energy demands the potential revenue of electricity exports, Nepal has rapidly expanded its hydropower production. But environmental safeguards are flouted and rarely monitored.

The rising cost of energy has made energy poverty a challenge – there are people who cannot afford to turn on air conditioners and need "cool places" to go to, says the city’s co-chief heat officer Krista Milne.

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By Joydeep Gupta

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Girls walk as they carry jerrycans to fetch water

As global heating shifts the planet’s water cycle out of balance, lives, nature and economies are under threat. By Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Johan Rockström

To restore Earth’s stability, governments must recognise the need to respect the nine planetary boundaries. This requires a steadfast commitment to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and protecting biodiversity and water resources. By Robert Redford and Xiye Bastida

Long a source of tension with its neighbours, China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation. By Fengshi Wu

Building tensions between Singapore and Malaysia over its water agreement are setting the two on a collision course over scarcity and sustainability. By Tamil Salvi Mari

By Eka Permanasari, Dian Nostikasari and Derry Wijaya

By Mary Robinson and Johan Rockström

By Bertrand Badré and Immaculate Atuhamize

By Joshua Castellino

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Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.

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Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.

EB Studio Our urban infrastructure is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Climate solutions need to include the biggest energy guzzlers, clean energy and retrofitting old buildings.

child receives a drink of water in Sudan

Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?

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