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Kashmir ‘paradise’ runs out of water

Apr 11, 2012 | Faisal Raza Khan

A beautiful living stream - Faisal Raza Khan | Panos London

The Kashmir mountains are a beautiful setting, but the impacts of climate change are beginning to be felt as the water seems to be drying up.

Celebrating International Mountains Day

Dec 11, 2011 | Siobhan Warrington

Caring for flocks in the high pastures above Shimshal village, July 2000 - David Butz | Panos London

It is nine years since the International Year of Mountains (2002) when Panos London launched the Mountain Voices website, an online archive of testimonies from some 300 men and women living in mountain communities from 10 countries.

Dams and development

Mar 30, 2011 | Panos London

China | A construction worker takes a break during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. Mostly completed the dam now provides 3% of China's energy needs, around 80TWh per year / Chris De Bode - Panos pictures

The topic guide considers areas of potential conflict between countries, concerns over policy guidelines regarding dam building and the socio-economic impact of displacement.

Climate Change Media Partnership

Jan 30, 2011 | Panos London

Panos Pictures

The media has a key role to play in raising awareness about climate change at both global and local levels. The CCMP project is an exciting programme designed to ensure this will happen.

I was a political prisoner in Tibet for 27 years

Jan 18, 2011 | Divya Gupta

Ama Adhe in front of a photograph of the Dalai Lama. Ama Adhe lives in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, in the state of Himachal Pradesh in north India. The state borders Lhasa, Tibet (part of China) to the east. McLeod is the home of the Dalai Lama and the exiled Tibetan government. Thousands of Tibetan refugees, such as Ama Adhe, also live there / David Huang - Students for a Free Tibet

Ama Adhe describes her incredible story to Divya Gupta about her experience of life in Tibet before the Chinese invasion of 1949, and then the life she endured as she was beset by personal tragedy and imprisonment.

Opinion: Don’t make China the scapegoat for climate change failures

Feb 17, 2010 | Sun Yu

China | Windmills standing on the outskirts of Urumqi in the Xinjiang Province. President Hu Jintao recently stated that China would seek to produce 15 per cent of its energy from non-fossil fuels by 2020 / Chris Stowers - Panos pictures

With ambitious targets and multi-billion dollar investment in clean technologies, Sun Yu, chief writer for Environmental Protection magazine in Beijing, says China  deserves credit for its climate policies.

Labour camps increase HIV risk amongst sex workers in China

Feb 15, 2010 | Tania Ghosh

A sex worker rests in Yunnan Province, China. A new report states that sex workers sent to labour camps are twice as likely to contract HIV than those who don't / Ian Teh - Panos pictures

Chinese sex workers who are sent to labour camps have a higher risk of contracting HIV than those who are not, a report has found. It also indicates that HIV prevelence is much higher in cities, which have camps, compared to those without.

Unhappiness of Chinese rural-urban migrants

Jan 4, 2010 | Tania Ghosh

A migrant worker rests with his belongings in Beijing. A new report says that rural-urban migrants are less happy than those that remained / G.M.B. Akash

Rising aspirations and high expectations of city life make Chinese migrants who move from the countryside to the city less happy than people who stay in rural areas, a report claims.

Communicating climate change

Jun 24, 2009 | Panos London

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Climate change is happening now and the effects are being felt worldwide but whether people have information to help them understand it depends on where they live.

Curbing climate change: what’s in it for China?

Jun 18, 2009 | Ke Xu

China | Industrial emissions from a coal coking and tar refinery plant in Linfen, one of the most polluted cities in China. China has been resisting calls to fix caps on emissions / Ian Teh - Panos Pictures

China's stance is seen as key to the success of a post-Kyoto climate change agreement. Ke Xu explores some of its carbon-cutting options.

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