Tag Archives: Environment

• Where is the world now after Paris Climate Conference? 18 September 2016 | NS Venkataraman This post has no comments yet

  Will the Paris Agreement coming into force really make any significant difference, since there are many underlying issues that have not been addressed. ...

• Let the people in Tibet live in freedom 11 September 2016 | Claudia Roth This post has 2 comments

  Gatherings like this, the 7th International Tibet Support Groups Conference, are paramount to the fight for justice, and a symbol against silence and indifference. ...

• TSG Conference asks China to resume dialogue for Tibetan autonomy 10 September 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  The three-day Seventh Tibet Support Groups Conference in Brussels came to an end with 250 delegates from 50 countries reaffirming their dedication to the Tibetan cause. ...

• Black carbon accelerating glacier meltdown in Tibetan Plateau 31 August 2016 This post has one comment

  Fossil fuel and biomass, which are sources of black carbon, are accelerating glacier meltdown across the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, a new research report has found. ...

• Mercury’s rising, quite literally! 9 August 2016 | Tenzin Tsedup This post has 4 comments

  One can only hope that the PRC, South Asian countries, and global community act before it is too late. ...

• India flooding kills 96, forces 1 million into relief camps 2 August 2016 This post has no comments yet

  The death toll in flooding from heavy monsoon rains in India has climbed past 90, with about a million people taking shelter in government-run relief camps, officials said Tuesday. ...

• Qinghai-Tibet Railway boosts Tibet’s economy 29 June 2016 | Li Jianhua This post has no comments yet

  Over the past decade, the 2000-kilometre railway linking Xining, capital of Qinghai Province, and Lhasa, capital of the Tibet region, has brought a big difference to the lives of people living in Tibet. ...

• India’s Supreme Court orders disaster fund for drought-hit zones 11 May 2016 This post has no comments yet

  Justice Madan B. Lokur also lashed out at the government over a lack of preparedness for the drought, which has struck at least 10 states across the country. ...

• China begins construction of Tibet’s biggest dam 30 April 2016 This post has one comment

  The Suwalong hydropower project at the junction of Mangkam county in Tibet and Batang county in Sichuan province has a design capacity of 1.2 gigawatts. ...

• China says new Tibet railway project will not harm environment 7 March 2016 | Michael Martina This post has no comments yet

  "The border belongs to our motherland. We Tibetans have the responsibility to guard it well" -- Padma Choling, vice party secretary of Tibet. ...