'CHINA'S UNCHECKED EXPANSION PUSHING TIBET TOWARD CLIMATE COLLAPSE'

New Stockholm report warns Tibet faces severe ecological collapse from China’s expansion.

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Tibet climate. File Photo

China’s aggressive infrastructure drive, militarisation, and resource extraction are pushing Tibet toward an irreversible environmental catastrophe, a new report by the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs has warned.

Released ahead of the upcoming COP30 climate summit, the study describes the Tibetan Plateau — often called the “Roof of the World” — as being in “severe ecological distress” with consequences that could ripple far beyond Asia.