As world leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), arguably the biggest annual summit on climate change, Tibetans are once again warning the the United Nations, that…
Climate change across the Tibetan Plateau greatly impacts Tibetan livelihoods, even though Tibetan customary modes of production generate very little of the emissions that cause climate change. As the world’s biggest maker and user of…
Over recent years, the ecology of the Tibetan Plateau has been extensively discussed and debated among a number of environmental experts, strategists, and researchers highlighting its significance and impact on global climate change which has…
Michael Buckley’s many years researching Tibetan issues has led to the publication of three new books. Here he speaks to Contact about his involvement with Tibet. Contact: Tell us briefly about yourself – your background,…
New report finds world’s largest hydropower firms are falling short of environmental and social standards. The world’s largest hydropower companies, made up of mainly Chinese firms, fail to meet basic environmental and social standards when…
By Ben Byrne The COP25 climate summit, held in Madrid from December 2-13, was attended by Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha, a senior research fellow at the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI). Zamhla leads a team of Tibetan…
By Sarah Weber A special report on the Climate Emergency by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPPC) has highlighted the increased risk posed to Tibet as the “Third Pole”, a climate change…
Nabilah Islam The “Third Pole” glaciers of the Himalayas feed into the major rivers of South Asia, providing vital freshwater. This resource is essential to the development of national and local communities and economies. With…
Herders benefit from a vast effort to restore wetlands. But how many yaks is too many for the grassland ecosystem? The yaks are in clover. At times I could see more than a thousand…
-By Zamlha Tempa Gyaltsen, Environment Research Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute China’s latest white paper on Tibet, once again highlights Beijing’s absolute lack of understanding of Tibet’s History and its unwillingness to read beyond government documents.