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🎙️ Meet the voices behind The Third Pole Podcast: Episode 4 Auqib Javeed, independent journalist based in Jammu and Kashmir, delves into how conflict and weak governance have taken a toll on Kashmir’s landscapes. 🔗: loom.ly/K09ROjI

🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY ALERT 🚨 HIRING: South Asia Managing Editor 📍Remote role – South Asia ⌛ Deadline: 3rd November 2025 🔗 : loom.ly/tX7bMl0

Melting glaciers, polluted rivers and shrinking wetlands are straining Kashmir’s ecosystems. Our latest podcast looks at how instability has worsened the crisis—and why empowering local voices is key to solutions. 🔗: loom.ly/9BlAATs

There’s an unexpected flooding threat facing Nepal: glacial lake outbursts. 💬 “In many instances, governments are reluctant to share real-time hydrometeorological and risk data across borders,” says @ICIMOD rep. ✍️ Shalinee Kumari 🔗 Read the story: loom.ly/pbrW_ao

With millions displaced and close to a thousand people dead, Pakistan is fighting to keep its head above the rising floodwaters. Could the damage have been contained? Have the floods been down to bad governance, or a lack of preparedness? 🔗: loom.ly/sPKwnR8

“Describing causes of these disasters as cloudbursts or landslides isn’t good enough. What’s needed is an independent assessment of Himalayan disasters to know what happened." I write on why misattributing Himalayan disasters to cloudbursts is dangerous: dialogue.earth/en/climate/are…

🧵Are cloudbursts a scapegoat for India’s Himalayan floods? August saw devastating floods in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh & Jammu and Kashmir. Authorities & media were quick to blame 'cloudbursts'. But the rainfall data tells another story. 1/7 dialogue.earth/en/climate/are…

In Pakistan, River Ravi has breached its banks, submerging homes and displacing over 1.3 million people. Years ago, when Pakistan announced its Ravi Urban Development project experts raised concerns about flood risks. 🔗 Read story: loom.ly/mZRB0jg ✍️📷 Alefia T Hussain

In July, Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi was hit by a flood. Not from a big glacial lake, but a tiny, newly formed supraglacial lake on Purepu Glacier. Small lakes, once seen as low-risk, are proving more dangerous than expected. Read my latest for @third_pole here: dialogue.earth/en/climate/tin…

Asia's longest free-flowing river could have been the symbol of regional and continental pride: but the Sawleen is now associated with conflict and unrest. We explore how the competing interests of the countries it spans will shape its future. 🔗: loom.ly/lqT-IsY

@icimod's Sanjeev Buchar writes that protecting springs must be central to climate change adaptation for the sake of the poorest and most isolated. Read the full story here: loom.ly/d2egLZI

In coastal Bangladesh, rising seas have left millions without safe water. Now, solar-powered desalination plants are offering a lifeline, producing 1,000 litres an hour and transforming health for local families. 🔗 loom.ly/NUGNUkw #ClimateChange #Renewables #Water

Pakistan stands at a crossroads. Experts and activists are asking: can Pakistan switch gears from polluting vehicles to electric vehicles and embrace a cleaner and more sustainable future, or will its deep dependency on fossil fuels stand in the way? 🔗: loom.ly/XSYnbf0

Nearly 450 tanneries in Tamil Nadu are discharging 20 million litres of effluent daily, polluting water, damaging farmland, and risking public health. Read our first story in our latest two-part series on the leather industry in India’s Palar River basin: loom.ly/O473v6U

Part two of our leather series uncovers the human cost of India’s tanning industry & the disconnect in global supply chain ethics. In Tamil Nadu, workers produce leather for global brands like H&M amid chemical fumes, low pay & less protection. Read here: loom.ly/aDNLTTY

Why China's green power certificates are spiking — and what it means for the rest of the world. In March, the price of China’s green power certificates, was changing daily. What caused the spike? Read the full story on story: loom.ly/9861ANc ✍️ Xu Nan #China #Renewables

📸🎖️ Dialogue Earth at the 2025 Gabo Awards Victor Moriyama's photo story on Xinã Yurá's initiation as a Yawanawá shaman in Brazil has been nominated for best photography in the 2025 Gabo Awards — Latin America's most prestigious journalism prize. Winners will be announced soon.

The people most impacted by climate change often don’t hear about it in the languages they speak. In this interview with @CitiesQuestion, I spoke about why climate communication must become more accessible and rooted in local realities. Read here: questionofcities.org/people-show-th…

With water scarcity deepening and population needs rising, tensions are mounting within urban areas and interstate disputes. The water crisis highlights an urgent need for better groundwater governance, which has long been overlooked in policy debates: loom.ly/nPgjSZA