The Central Asia region is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly those related to water scarcity, land degradation and natural disasters (droughts, floods, mudslides). With a ...

Spoiled crops and sprawling dustbowls are a common occurrence, and some farmers have gone so far as to steal water from elsewhere for their most basic of requirements, never mind to irrigate their ...

Meanwhile, China has built 193 dams, including the Yarlung Tsangpo megaproject, giving it unprecedented control over Asia’s water supply—a strategic weapon against India, Bangladesh, and Southeast ...

The government says that once completed in 2030, it will help irrigate 1.06 million hectares of land, provide drinking water to 6.2 million people and generate 130MW of hydropower and solar energy.

Protecting and restoring peatlands and mangroves across Southeast Asia could cut regional land-use emissions by ... potential is because they share water-saturated, oxygen-limited soils that ...