News
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More than 70 lives have already been lost to this past week’s rains with the toll only expected to rise.
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Features
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Climate change and its consequences can be serious aggravators ofconflict, especially gender-based violence.
COVID19
News
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A daily summary of all Covid19 related developments that matter
Features
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Bats, chiuri trees, and the Chepang community make up a unique ecosystem in the Chure region that is now coming under threat.
Features
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Nepal accepts China’s request to jointly announce the new height of the world’s highest peak while risking being dismissed by the international mountain community
Features
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Traditional flush toilets aren’t an option in many parts of the world, but neither is leaving people with unsafe and unhygenic choices. Now, one company is piloting a new loo that's waterless, off-grid and able to charge your phone. Lina Zeldovich travels to Madagascar to witness the start of a lavatorial revolution.
Features
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Glaciers are retreating across the Himalaya and this is bound to have significant consequences for the ecology of the region and the livelihoods of its people.
Features
Longreads
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Is maintaining the Kodari crossing between Nepal and China as an international highway a lost cause?
Perspectives
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The latest volume of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report focuses on climate change impacts on people and places, with urgent lessons takeaways for Nepal.