The Third Pole Podcast
The Third Pole Podcast
Podcast Description
The Third Pole Podcast is a new Dialogue Earth series focusing on climate change and the environment in the Himalayan watershed. It aims to create a space for beyond-the-article conversations with our journalists and field experts. At the same time, we also ask questions about the state of environmental journalism in South Asia: why it’s needed, what issues it should be looking at and what challenges it faces.
To find out more about us, visit: https://dialogue.earth/en/
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores critical topics surrounding climate change, environmental journalism, and social issues in South Asia. Specific episodes delve into the threats facing endangered mountain languages in Pakistan, the potential of artificial intelligence in predicting extreme weather in India, and the ongoing pollution challenges of the Ganga River, with episodes aiming to highlight the intersection of culture, environment, and technology.
The Third Pole Podcast is a Dialogue Earth series focusing on climate change and the environment in the Himalayan watershed. It aims to create a space for beyond-the-article conversations with our journalists and field experts. At the same time, we also ask questions about the state of environmental journalism in South Asia: why it’s needed, what issues it should be looking at and what challenges it faces.
To find out more about us, visit: https://dialogue.earth/en/
After six years of direct rule from New Delhi, a new administration came to power in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in October 2024. In a region long marked by political instability and military conflict, the new government faces many challenges. The environment is undoubtably one of these, given the region’s high vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.
With glaciers melting, rivers becoming increasingly polluted, wetlands shrinking and rampant urbanisation, Kashmir’s ecosystems are strained and local communities under threat. Despite this, the manifestos of parties competing in last year’s election revealed a lack of focus on such issues.
In our fourth episode of The Third Pole Podcast, Srinagar-based journalist Auqib Javeed guides listeners through the region’s worsening environmental challenges. He highlights pressures from unregulated tourism and large infrastructure projects, explaining how these changes could have far-reaching impacts across South Asia.
Joining him is Omair Ahmad, Dialogue Earth’s former South Asia managing editor and greatly missed host of this podcast. Having covered Kashmir for much of his career, he explains how years of conflict, political instability, limited local powers and weak governance have compounded its environmental problems. He strikes a note of hope for the future though. Things can turn around, and key to this is empowering local players to implement solutions.
GUESTS
Auqib Javeed, independent journalist
Omair Ahmad, former South Asia managing editor, Dialogue Earth
CREDITS
Host: Shalinee Kumari
Producer: Shalinee Kumari
Audio edit and sound design: Sync Sound Sabha
Recording studio: Pindrop Media
Artwork: Sana Nasir
Thanks to: Lizi Hesling, Nanaui Amoros Silva, Chaia Dechen, Isa Lim, Sam Gelder
MUSIC
“Alarm Cycle” by Blue Dot Sessions, licence: CC BY NC
“Borough” by Blue Dot Sessions, licence: CC BY NC
LICENCE
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