The Sindh government has started distributing solar home systems to 200,000 low-income households under the Sindh Solar Energy Project to improve electricity access. Credit: Sindh People’s Housing for Flood Affectees By Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Pakistan, Mar 20 2026 – Energy expert Vaqar Zakaria believes solar power makes “excellent economic sense” – and he lives by it. For over five...

Sudhi Kumar (51) is a fisher from Kovalam, India, who has been harpoon-fishing for over 30 years. Credit: Bharath Thampi/IPS By Bharath ThampiTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Mar 20 2026 – Sudhi Kumar animatedly moves his hands, resembling a graceful dance performance, as he demonstrates how a fishing harpoon is used. He has been on a brief hiatus from harpooning, owing to the recent rough nature...

By Mohammad Rakibul HasanDHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 20 2026 (IPS-Partners) My Name is Dhaka is a one-minute experimental film portraying Dhaka as a living, breathing entity with a 400-year history. Through a reflective voice, the city recounts its transformations, crises, and resilience. It captures contrasts between pollution and celebration, hardship and hope, revealing a megacity shaped by climate...

Credit: Michaela Stache/AFP By Samuel KingBRUSSELS, Belgium, Mar 20 2026 – When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the 62nd Munich Security Conference by declaring that the post-war rules-based order ‘no longer exists’, there was plenty of evidence to back his claim. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in defiance of international law, Russia is four years into its illegal invasion...

A number of households are settling along the bank of a river in West Java, Indonesia. Geospatial data are critical in improving the management of water resources. Credit: Pexels/Tom Fisk By Kareff Rafisura, Orbita Roswintiarti and Huang QiBANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 20 2026 – Across Asia, new initiatives are showing how satellite Earth observation data and AI-powered technologies can turn fragmented...