Dalai Lama COP26 message: set timetable for change
As world leaders meet for a critical UN global climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the Dalai Lama has a message for them: the future is in our hands.
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ICT: Rights-based climate approach needed at COP26
On the eve of COP26, the UN climate conference beginning on 31 October in Glasgow, the International Campaign for Tibet is calling for the inclusion of a strong rights-based approach in the fight against climate change.
Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg discuss climate feedback loops
The Swedish climate activist, 18, and the Tibetan Buddhist leader, 85, were unlikely but effective partners a few days ago at the Mind & Life Institute’s “A Conversation on the Crisis of Climate Feedback Loops,” which streamed live to millions of people around the globe.
New study says China limited river flow from Tibet to Southeast Asia
A new study says the Chinese government used its dams on a major river in Tibet to prevent the flow of water downstream last year, contributing to a devastating drought in Southeast Asia.
ICT briefing: Recommendations for next Global Biodiversity Framework
Tibet’s biodiversity challenges provide insights that can help shape a practical, inclusive and accountable Global Biodiversity Framework, the International Campaign for Tibet says in a new briefing paper.
Despite damning UN climate report, China refuses to make changes in Tibet
China’s leader Xi Jinping seeks to present the People’s Republic of China as an “ecological civilization” with Tibet as a key element. But China’s policies on the Tibetan Plateau exacerbate the detrimental impacts detailed in the latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
New UN report warns of dire risks from Tibet climate change
After largely overlooking Tibet in its past reports, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has now raised the alarm on the state of the environment of the Tibetan plateau, warning of serious sequences.
Chinese policies increase risk of climate emergency for Tibetan nomads, UN panel says
China’s policies in Tibet have increased the vulnerability of Tibetan pastoralists to climate change, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states in its latest report.
Environmental concerns over new railway tunnel in Tibet; music video conveys harsh propaganda message
Inside Tibet Report: Chinese scientists warn of environmental consequences as railway tunnel completed in Tibet ; Bizarre music video conveys harsh propaganda message on Tibet.
UNESCO fails its mission to protect unique landscape of Three Parallel Rivers in Tibet
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is gravely concerned about the future of the UNESCO World Heritage-protected site the “Three Parallel Rivers,” which is facing numerous threats due to extensive hydropower projects, mining activities that are opaquely reported and expanding infrastructure projects connected to resource extraction and energy production.