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“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/ar…
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🧵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.
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The Third Pole retweeted
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/ti…
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📸🎖️ 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.
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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-…
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Among other things, I also spoke about a climate change glossary I created for @third_pole two years ago, which was born out of the need to simplify complex terms without diluting meaning.
Read our evergreen (and evolving) list of climate-related terms:
dialogue.earth/en/climate/cl…
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In a rare tribute to a dying glacier by @icimod, science converged with faith high in the Himalayas as one of the Hindu Kush Himalaya’s most‑studied glaciers, Yala, slowly disappears due to rising global temperatures.
Read my latest for @third_pole:
dialogue.earth/en/climate/sc…
The Third Pole retweeted
Last year as part of our project @indiasandwatch, we started an initiative called 'Sediment Stories'
The aim? To explore the journey of sediments through their life cycle, and to highlight their importance.
@sidagarwal @zenx @aishani07 @RainmatterOrg @rhealopez16
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I wrote, after a long time, on Pakistan’s energy sector
OPINION: Pakistan’s solar journey is under pressure.
As net metering gives way to net billing, will rooftop solar slow or evolve?
@Saadia_Qayyum explores the risks and what could come next 🔗loom.ly/jR-E-Kk
#SolarEnergy #EnergyTransition #Pakistan
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Meanwhile our mangrove conservation strategy is: don’t allow environmental flows to the delta, force farmers to switch to fishing, kill that as well, then vilify them for cutting mangroves and selling/using that. Also, build more canals upstream for corporate farming!
"Giving mayors and their communities the power to design and declare locally managed MPAs [marine protected area] can speed up the establishment of protected areas," wrote Tirona.
✍️ Rocky Sanchez Tirona of @rare_org
📷 Image: © Jason Houston for Rare
Read story on website.
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Pakistan’s #solar journey is feeling the heat from cost shifting.A proposed shift to lower compensation for solar exports may slow adoption,but #energy storage and a smarter grid offer a way forward,writes @Saadia_Qayyum for @DialogueEarth_ @third_pole dialogue.earth/en/energy/opi…
The Third Pole retweeted
پاکستان کے نئے وفاقی وزیر برائے موسمیاتی تبدیلی مصدق ملک کے پانی،موسمیاتی آفات اور گرمی کی شدت کے حوالے سے خیالات- بطور وزیر مصدق ملک نے گلیشیئرز،پانی کی سیاست اور بدلتی دنیا کی ختم ہوتی خوبصورتی پر بات کی
@ClimateChangePK @DialogueEarth_ @third_pole dialogue.earth/ur/3-ur/60082…
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"China Literacy for civil society organizations: Understanding Global China" -
Day 1 of this important workshop kicks off today in Chiang Mai.
#MashaAllah
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Pakistan’s new climate minister #MusadikMalik spoke about #IndusWaterTreaty, #sixcanalsproject, glaciers, water, & the disappearing beauty of a changing world
in a timely interview. I interviewed him for @DialogueEarth_.
@third_pole @MoCCPak
#Alhamdulillah dialogue.earth/en/climate/pa…
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🏞️Join us for a chat with Dr. Priyank Patel, for the 8th session of ‘Sediment Stories’, a series of conversations on sediments by @indiasandwatch
🗓️Sat, 24th May, 5pm IST
🔗Details & to register: lu.ma/nsdwr6zi
@sidagarwal @aishani07 @rhealopez16
#Sediments #Rivers
The Third Pole retweeted
What does the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty mean for South Asian water cooperation?
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The #IndusWatersTreaty hangs in the balance. #India’s suspension of the treaty raises fears for #Pakistan’s water security,and exposes cracks in a fragile regional order.Brilliant reporting on a sensitive topic. @zofeen28 for @DialogueEarth_ & @third_pole dialogue.earth/en/water/the-…
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سندھ طاس معاہدے کا مستقبل غیر یقینی ہے. بھارت کی جانب سے سندھ طاس معاہدے کی معطلی نے پاکستان کی آبی سلامتی کے لیے خدشات پیدا کر دیے ہیں اور ایک نازک علاقائی ترتیب میں دراڑیں زیادہ واضح ہو گئی ہیں۔
@zofeen28 @DialogueEarth_ @third_pole dialogue.earth/ur/10-ur/6007…
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India's official forest surveys count plantations, orchards & bamboo as 'forests.' But real forests like Kancha Gachibowli do not exist on paper; hence, are vulnerable to clearance.
My latest piece unpacks how India’s forests are being defined & governed: dialogue.earth/en/forests/in…
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There are visible cracks in India’s forest governance.
India’s biodiversity-rich forests are disappearing, but not on paper, due to under-classification of forests, mismatched definitions & legal loopholes.
I discuss all of this and more in my latest: dialogue.earth/en/forests/in…