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qasim coal plants

The building of a 300-megawatt coal plant in Balochistan casts doubt over high-profile pledges to retreat from the fossil fuel made by Pakistan and China, which is funding the project.

24 Feb 2022

Rooftop solar, Bhutan

Renewables could spur the post-pandemic recovery in Asia. But as this year’s climate change conference approaches, the region's energy planners have a lot of catching up to do.

South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030

Tens of millions of people are migrating or are being displaced in South Asia due to disasters brought on by climate change, and the number could rise three-fold in 30 years unless countries in the region take strong measures to mitigate the worst effects of global warming.

Dau Tieng solar power

The news that China will move to low-carbon energy investments domestically is a wake-up call for policymakers in countries that receive Belt and Road finance for infrastructure development

29 June 2020

women farmers in Himachal Pradesh

27 April 2020

6 January 2020

Karakoram Highway Pakistan

4 October 2019

polio vaccine health

19 March 2019

4 February 2019

peshwar vaccination

13 November 2018

Shibuya's busy crossing in Tokyo, Japan

20 August 2018

A wind farm beside a river in China

18 June 2018

13 June 2018

Farmers in Pakistan working in the rice fields

22 February 2018

women in dhaka hospital

4 September 2017

texas hurrican harvey

20 June 2017

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25 May 2017

5 May 2017

karachi polio vaccinations

20 April 2017

family crosses flooded street in Pakistan

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