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The world’s rivers are at breaking point. Can we save them before it is too late?
In this week’s newsletter: As the Guardian launches a year-long project, Our Rivers, we take stock of the issues facing waterways around the worldDon’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe nicknames of the world’s...
What the China-Nepal floods teach us about crisis communication
The Himalayan disaster that tore through the China-Nepal border last month was a human calamity before it became a media story. A torrent of ice, rock, mud and debris swept through valleys, destroying key infrastructure, severing roads and communications,...
Rights coalition urges Xi to reopen dialogue, release Panchen Lama, repeal ethnic unity law ahead of US visit
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 17: A coalition of 30 human rights organisations has called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to take immediate and verifiable steps on human rights, including resuming dialogue with representatives of the Dalai Lama, releasing the...
Lawmakers call for greater preparedness, relief for flood-hit Gegayling Tibetan settlement in Nepal
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 17: Members of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on Thursday called for greater preparedness and contingency planning for Tibetans in Nepal following the devastating August flash flood that caused extensive destruction in Nepal’s Rasuwa bordering Tibet...
China says PM Modi promised not to allow ‘anti-China activities’ on Indian territory
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 17: Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun has claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured Chinese President Xi Jinping that India would not allow its territory to be used for “anti-China activities,” following their...
The Guardian view on the Nepal-Tibet floods: a spur to action on climate | Editorial
New research links last month’s disaster to fossil fuel pollution. Supporting disaster-hit countries must be at the centre of climate politicsFollowing a familiar pattern, coverage of the glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border three weeks ago has subsided with...
After a Self-Immolation at the UN, Rethinking What Beijing Fears on Tibet
Beijing’s real vulnerability is not international action. It’s rising awareness within the Chinese population.
Reincarnation of a China-compliant, Italy-based Tibetan lama enthroned in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Sep17’26) – China said the 6th Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche, Jamyang Choephel Jampa Gyaltsen, was formally enthroned at Gangchen Monastery in Sakya County, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), on Sep 15, 2026, in keeping with his predecessor’s wish that his...
India reiterated its Tibet, Taiwan stand during Sep 12 Xi-Modi meet, raised own concerns ‘as well’
(TibetanReview.net, Sep17’26) – India may not have stated it in its official readout of the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi on Sep12, but China...
Post floods will emigration still be Nepal's only solution?
Damage to infrastructure and the disruption of links with Tibet come on top of the heavy reliance on remittances from the more than 2.6 million Nepalis living abroad. A still-fragile economy and youth unemployment exceeding 20 per cent are...
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