Climate change is reshaping national security in South Asia. Military preparedness, though important, cannot make up for decaying infrastructure, failing water systems, or recurrent economic disruptions brought on by extreme weather. Governments must expand the definition of security to incorporate climate resilience as a central strategic goal.
Even full development of India’s permitted hydropower and storage rights under the Indus Waters Treaty expands utilisation, but does not translate into control over downstream flows into Pakistan. The debate, therefore, is not about the ability to stop water. It is about how effectively each side uses what geography and law already permit.
A just transition in India therefore requires targeted, context-specific strategies—supporting coal-dependent regions, strengthening reskilling and social protection (especially for informal workers), and aligning sectoral decarbonisation with employment generation. Ultimately, the transition’s success will depend not only on reducing emissions, but on its ability to protect livelihoods and enable inclusive, equitable growth.
While the rising sea level and warming oceans are undeniably a part of the crisis in the Sundarbans, other factors are also in play. It's a tale of criminal enterprise, regulatory failure and violent dispossession of some of the world's most vulnerable people.
President-elect of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, on Monday stressed the importance of a peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute for regional peace and security and offered to mediate between India and Pakistan
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President-elect Volkan Bozkir said that he was impressed by Prime Minister Imran Khan after meeting him today (Monday)
Imran Khan must be living in a world of his own if he really thought that barring China any of the other permanent members of the UNSC were going to bat for Islamabad, writes Dr Sridhar Krishnaswami for South Asia Monitor
When China tried to sneak Kashmir into the affairs of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a favour to its "all-weather friend" Pakistan on Tuesday, August 5, it again ran into a wall of resistance
UNICEF Maldives, on Wednesday, extended a grant of US 750,000 through the United States to aid the Maldivian government's COVID-19 response, centred around providing assistance for schools and community spaces to reopen safely
The full participation of women is essential for an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic and also in the advancement of peace processes, said a UN policy brief released
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, the President of the United Nations General Assembly, on Tuesday hailed Maldives' support for the UN to implement its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and build resilient communities
The United Nations Security Council has confirmed that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) operates with a "network of supporters" in Maldives
An Indian is among seven young climate leaders, between the age of 18-28 years, who will advise UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regularly on accelerating global action and ambition to tackle the worsening climate crisis
Afghan civilian casualties have decreased 13 percent in the first six months of the year in comparison with the same period in 2019, the UN mission in the country said on Monday
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President-elect Volkan Bozkir has postponed his visit to Pakistan because of "technical flight problems”
A report submitted to the United Nations Security Council indicates that the total number of “Pakistani foreign terrorist fighters” in Afghanistan is estimated at "between 6,000 and 6,500, most of them with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
Nearly 6.53 crore (65.3 million) poor people in Bangladesh should receive time-bound temporary cash payments to cope with the worst impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, according to the United Nations
More than 2.4 million people are estimated to be affected by flooding, including around 1.3 million children in Bangladesh, Unicef said
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram was on Thursday unanimously elected as the president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the year 2020-21
