Self-reflection, patience, determination and optimism, cycling teaches it all
Photo: PROJECT SYNDICATEIt may seem as if the world is finally taking the climate crisis seriously, judging by the number of pledges to reach…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden address the 76th UN General Assembly on 21 September. Photos: XINHUAThe United Nations…
Nepal’s per capita greenhouse gas emission may be negligible compared to industrialised countries, but it has doubled in the last seven years.…
In 1911, Nepal became the second country in Asia to install a hydroelectric plant, and was a pioneer in electric transportation with the opening…
Even the most optimistic scenario is that it will take at least five years for Nepal’s travel industry to recover from the pandemic impact.…
Prime Minister K P Oli inaugurating the first electric bus service in 2018 after announcing 20% of vehicles in Nepal would be battery-powered by…
The India-China border flashpoints in the Himalaya are hotspots in more ways than one. The latest clashes threaten to derail cooperation on…
Tourists are not looking to rough it out, they want a lifetime experience
HIGH AND DRY: A village in Mustang is one of the increasing number of settlements that have been abandoned because of water shortage caused by…
Photo: GOPEN RAIIn the strict legalese that the United Nations is accustomed to, the Madrid Climate Summit is called the 25th Conference of the…
Transport-related emissions from tourism are expected to increase to 5.3% of all man-made CO2 emissions in the next 10 years, according to a…
Using electric rice cookers instead of LPG could save the country a whole lot of money
Gebru Jember Endalew has been involved in UN negotiations on climate change since 2008 as a core member of the Ethiopian negotiating team. Last…
Photo: GEORGE MALLORY Unprecedented in recorded history, there was a 100 degree C difference in temperature between the northern and southern…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIClimate change is global, it does not respect national boundaries. Neither should its solution. The only way we can…
Photo: KUNDA DIXITNext week as Nepalis celebrate Tihar, the festival of lights, few will remember that it will mark the second anniversary of…
Catroon: DIWAKAR CHETTRIForget the horror movies, no more science fiction, stop watching post-apocalyptic Hollywood. We have the real thing…
The conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC could not have been more blunt:…
