Tibet’s environment fact sheets

2 November 2021

Tibet’s environment fact sheets Tibet is a place of great environmental importance. As the ‘Roof of the World’ and source of Asia’s great rivers, what happens on the Tibetan plateau matters to the entire world. As the international community...

Tibet Climate Crisis

21 April 2020

Tibet Climate Crisis We work to protect Tibet’s environment, promote sustainable development and tackle the twin challenges of the climate crisis and human rights by advocating for the Tibetans’ rights to control their land, resources and way of life. Tibet is a place...

Reflections for Tibet from COP25

18 December 2019

Blog By ATC Executive Officer Kyinzom Dhongdue This month I attended the UN Climate Change Conference to learn, connect and take our Tibetan voices into the most critical debate of our time.   My week in Madrid had moments of despair at the lack of urgency in the...

Climate change, battery boom threatens life on the Tibetan Plateau

15 October 2018

Read ABC article Climate change, battery boom threatens life on the Tibetan Plateau Climate change is sometimes discussed as a problem of the future, but on the “roof of the world”, it has already arrived. The remote, icy plains of the Tibetan Plateau —...

Tibetan environmentalist tour to Australia

28 August 2018

Tibetan environmentalist tour to Australia Young Tibetan environmentalist Tsechu Dolma travelled to Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and the Blue Mountains this month to discuss why Tibet’s environment matters to the world. Thank you to everyone who has supported the tour...

Justice For Tibetan Nomads

25 March 2018

Justice For Tibetan Nomads   Tibetan nomads have adapted to the unique conditions of the Tibetan Plateau and made a sustainable living for centuries. Sadly, over the past almost two decades, China has been forcibly removing nomads from their land under the disguise of...