Envisioning the Future of the Third Pole: A Look Ahead

Q3 Social Sciences Environmental Policy and Law Pub Date : 2022-04-20 DOI:10.3233/epl-219026
K. Oli, B. Shakya, Manish Pandey
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This article envisions the future of the Third Pole Region (TPR) considering the principles and mechanisms for a regional alliance among the countries sharing the Third Pole environment. The TPR comprises the largest and the highest mountain ranges on earth connecting 12 countries. Often referred to as the “Water Tower of Asia” it is the headwater of 10 major Asian rivers that provides water to over 1.4 billion people downstream. The Third Pole environment is rapidly changing –changes driven by both climate and anthropogenic influence. Impact of the increased greenhouse gas emissions is considered to be more serious in the Third Pole than any other place in the world. The rapidly changing climate and its impacts on TPR environment means cascading changes in snow, water, air, land, biodiversity, and people not just in the TPR but also in the adjacent river basins and landscapes. Such transboundary implications demand attention going beyond country led climate action. It demands collaborative science interventions to develop a thorough understanding of climate trends and projections, drivers of changes, depth of consequences, but importantly harmonization of laws and policies to navigate the cost of impact and inactions for the entire region. The prospective “Third Pole Alliance” regional cooperation framework outlined here provides an institutional justification and governance set up to harmonize action of 12 countries sharing the TPR. The alliance is going to be crucial if we are to regulate development oriented anthropogenic influences, streamline global, regional and local investments for collective climate action, and contribute to keeping the target of 1.5°C –the target which is already too high for the TPR.
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展望第三极的未来:展望未来
本文设想了第三极地区(TPR)的未来,考虑到共享第三极环境的国家之间的区域联盟的原则和机制。TPR包括地球上最大和最高的山脉,连接12个国家。它通常被称为“亚洲水塔”,是亚洲10条主要河流的源头,为下游14亿多人口提供水。由于气候和人为影响,第三极的环境正在迅速变化。温室气体排放增加对第三极的影响被认为比世界上任何其他地方都要严重。快速变化的气候及其对青藏高原环境的影响意味着不仅在青藏高原,而且在邻近的河流流域和景观中,雪、水、空气、土地、生物多样性和人都发生了级联变化。这种跨界影响需要超越国家主导的气候行动予以关注。它需要协作性的科学干预,以全面了解气候趋势和预测、变化的驱动因素、后果的深度,但更重要的是协调法律和政策,以应对整个地区的影响和无所作为的代价。本文概述的未来“第三极联盟”区域合作框架为12个共享TPR的国家协调行动提供了制度依据和治理机制。如果我们要规范以发展为导向的人为影响,简化全球、区域和地方对集体气候行动的投资,并为保持1.5°C的目标做出贡献,这个目标对于TPR来说已经太高了,那么这个联盟将至关重要。
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Environmental Policy and Law
Environmental Policy and Law Social Sciences-Law
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期刊介绍: This international journal is created to encourage the exchange of information and experience on all legal, administrative and policy matters relevant to the human and natural environment in its widest sense: air, water and soil pollution as well as waste management; the conservation of flora and fauna; protected areas and land-use control; development and conservation of the world"s non-renewable resources. In short, all aspects included in the concept of sustainable development. For more than two decades Environmental Policy and Law has assumed the role of the leading international forum for policy and legal matters relevant to this field. Environmental Policy and Law is divided into sections for easy accessibility.
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