The future of the global energy system is deeply uncertain, and the choices that are made in the coming years will have enormous consequences for the future of the climate and, indeed, human civilization. To understand how the energy system is changing, each year a variety of organizations produce long-term …
Last year’s unusually dry summer and this winter’s unprecedented snowfall, the worst in nearly 50 years, in Ladakh’s Changtang area has claimed over 18,000 pashmina goats, the source of one of the finest varieties of wool. Changtang is a high-altitude plateau in southeastern Ladakh, known for its semi-arid weather with …
Over centuries, the Changpas have survived in Ladakh with their flocks of sheep, goats, yaks and horses horses in a delicate balance with nature, forever careful of its scarce resource: pastures. This very system is under strain today, as a variety of reasons have led to the shrinking of Ladakh's …
MUNGLI DEVI Bhansiya Chana, Almora district The six villages of Bhansiya Chana gram sabha in Shereghat, Almora district, Uttaranchal, share the water of river Jaiganga, a tributary of river Saryu. Mungli Devi, a 52-year-old landless thekedar, toils for close to 12 hours a day so that the 3500-odd users of …
