Whereas last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference tripled the global climate-finance target, this year’s gathering must show how funds will be delivered. Developing countries are doing their part, but their climate strategies cannot succeed without external support.
Climate change, shifting monsoons, relentless extraction and damming are pushing the mighty river towards collapse, with consequences for food, water and livelihoods across the region.
Nepal’s Gen Z–led uprising, sparked by a social media ban and fuelled by anger over corruption, inequality and joblessness, toppled the government and opened an uncertain path toward political reform.
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms …