Dharamshala: Ahead of the COP25 UN Climate Summit to be held in Spain on December 2 -13, 2019, the Central Tibetan Administration launched the 2nd ‘Climate Action for Tibet: The Earth’s Third Pole’ campaign, urging the world leaders…
By Michael Buckley On Friday, September 20 and 27, students around the world will strike for climate crisis action — joined by adults — with protests planned for hundreds of cities around the world. Tibet…
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…
21st June 2019, London: The President Dr. Lobsang Sangay joined eminent scientist Professor Chris Rapley CBE, Professor of Climate Science at UCL, for a panel discussion on Climate Change and Tibet at University College London’s…
-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.
How can Asian countries survive without Tibetan glaciers and water? The Tibetan plateau, which holds the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) ice sheet, is known as the world’s “Third Pole.” It holds the largest number of…
By Amelia Rozelle Wetlands are valuable ecosystems which naturally purify water. By this action and a lot of different benefits, they are considered to be indispensable.
Provincial authorities plan to divert the Yellow River away from Amdo and towards the city of Xining Tibetans in Tibet’s Amdo region face the possibility of their water supply being diverted under plans to change…
In recent years, China’s exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources has gathered pace significantly. Tibetans have no power to protect their own land and must watch the economic benefits of its resources flow out of their…
By:tew The issue of Brahmaputra river pollution comes at a time of deteriorating ties between India and China. Following a tense border standoff between the two countries over the Doklam trijunction, there comes a…