Navin Singh Khadka
@navinsinghkhadka.bsky.social
BBC World Service Environment Correspondent. Multilingual senior journalist with the BBC's Specialist Hub. 30 plus years of experience. International climate fellow and mentor.
Why #India has been on the spotlight at #COP30 -- and how Delhi has used that to hammer its point home...
Has the idea worked or will India yield to international pressure to up its #ClimateAction plan?
My piece: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Has the idea worked or will India yield to international pressure to up its #ClimateAction plan?
My piece: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Why #India has been on the spotlight at #COP30 -- and how Delhi has used that to hammer its point home...
Has the idea worked or will India yield to international pressure to up its #ClimateAction plan?
My piece: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Has the idea worked or will India yield to international pressure to up its #ClimateAction plan?
My piece: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How #COP30 host #brazil's showpiece #amazonforest is dying slowly -- and why the world should worry
Our exclusive report:
The giant Amazon region has internal weather systems: its forests circulate moisture from the #atlanticocean creating what are known as "flying rivers" in the sky.
Our exclusive report:
The giant Amazon region has internal weather systems: its forests circulate moisture from the #atlanticocean creating what are known as "flying rivers" in the sky.
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How #COP30 host #brazil's showpiece #amazonforest is dying slowly -- and why the world should worry
Our exclusive report:
The giant Amazon region has internal weather systems: its forests circulate moisture from the #atlanticocean creating what are known as "flying rivers" in the sky.
Our exclusive report:
The giant Amazon region has internal weather systems: its forests circulate moisture from the #atlanticocean creating what are known as "flying rivers" in the sky.
Our green-screen report on how soaring #military expenditure "threatens global #ClimateAction"
This just when militaries are warning govts about #climatecrisis emerging as #securitythreat
Full report: youtube.com/watch?v=8d9s...
Producer: Trudi Barber
Video Editor: Maryna Yatsiuk
This just when militaries are warning govts about #climatecrisis emerging as #securitythreat
Full report: youtube.com/watch?v=8d9s...
Producer: Trudi Barber
Video Editor: Maryna Yatsiuk
October 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Our green-screen report on how soaring #military expenditure "threatens global #ClimateAction"
This just when militaries are warning govts about #climatecrisis emerging as #securitythreat
Full report: youtube.com/watch?v=8d9s...
Producer: Trudi Barber
Video Editor: Maryna Yatsiuk
This just when militaries are warning govts about #climatecrisis emerging as #securitythreat
Full report: youtube.com/watch?v=8d9s...
Producer: Trudi Barber
Video Editor: Maryna Yatsiuk
When Google offers you your own story as the first item…
July 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
When Google offers you your own story as the first item…
World’s 3rd largest #carbon emitter, #India has seen huge growth in #renewables & yet #coal remains the king in energy-mix
Why can't it get rid of the dirtiest #fossilfuel & why is it now for #decarbonising coal power plants - and is that doable?
I explain it all here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why can't it get rid of the dirtiest #fossilfuel & why is it now for #decarbonising coal power plants - and is that doable?
I explain it all here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
World’s 3rd largest #carbon emitter, #India has seen huge growth in #renewables & yet #coal remains the king in energy-mix
Why can't it get rid of the dirtiest #fossilfuel & why is it now for #decarbonising coal power plants - and is that doable?
I explain it all here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why can't it get rid of the dirtiest #fossilfuel & why is it now for #decarbonising coal power plants - and is that doable?
I explain it all here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our "#Nepal's urban #rhinos refusing to re-wild" video as one of the "standout clips" on the homepage of #BBC website www.bbc.co.uk
Full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuW3...
Full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuW3...
June 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Our "#Nepal's urban #rhinos refusing to re-wild" video as one of the "standout clips" on the homepage of #BBC website www.bbc.co.uk
Full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuW3...
Full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuW3...
Our report on "#Nepal's urban #rhinos that refuse to be re-wilded" on #BBCWorldNews and #BBCNewsChannel
Camera: Gorakh Bista and Prashanna Maharjan
Camera: Gorakh Bista and Prashanna Maharjan
June 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Our report on "#Nepal's urban #rhinos that refuse to be re-wilded" on #BBCWorldNews and #BBCNewsChannel
Camera: Gorakh Bista and Prashanna Maharjan
Camera: Gorakh Bista and Prashanna Maharjan
One million plus & counting
My analytical explainer "Can #India really stop #Indus and tributaries' water from flowing into #Pakistan?" has been viewed that many times, with avg engagement of 0:55
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That's beside several #BBC languages running the piece
My analytical explainer "Can #India really stop #Indus and tributaries' water from flowing into #Pakistan?" has been viewed that many times, with avg engagement of 0:55
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That's beside several #BBC languages running the piece
April 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
One million plus & counting
My analytical explainer "Can #India really stop #Indus and tributaries' water from flowing into #Pakistan?" has been viewed that many times, with avg engagement of 0:55
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That's beside several #BBC languages running the piece
My analytical explainer "Can #India really stop #Indus and tributaries' water from flowing into #Pakistan?" has been viewed that many times, with avg engagement of 0:55
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That's beside several #BBC languages running the piece
Having suspended the #IndusWaterTreaty, can #India now cut off the flow of #Indus and its two tributaries and deprive #Pakistan of its lifeline?
Or, will there be "water-bombs"?
Where does #China figure in all this?
Read my analytical explainer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Or, will there be "water-bombs"?
Where does #China figure in all this?
Read my analytical explainer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
April 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Having suspended the #IndusWaterTreaty, can #India now cut off the flow of #Indus and its two tributaries and deprive #Pakistan of its lifeline?
Or, will there be "water-bombs"?
Where does #China figure in all this?
Read my analytical explainer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Or, will there be "water-bombs"?
Where does #China figure in all this?
Read my analytical explainer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
India suspends #IndusWaterTreaty with #Pakistan, in the wake of Tuesday's horrific attack
Replugging this piece I did after militant attack in 2016
The 1960 treaty allocated 3 eastern rivers of Indus basin to #India, while 80% of 3 western ones to Pak
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
Replugging this piece I did after militant attack in 2016
The 1960 treaty allocated 3 eastern rivers of Indus basin to #India, while 80% of 3 western ones to Pak
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
April 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
India suspends #IndusWaterTreaty with #Pakistan, in the wake of Tuesday's horrific attack
Replugging this piece I did after militant attack in 2016
The 1960 treaty allocated 3 eastern rivers of Indus basin to #India, while 80% of 3 western ones to Pak
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
Replugging this piece I did after militant attack in 2016
The 1960 treaty allocated 3 eastern rivers of Indus basin to #India, while 80% of 3 western ones to Pak
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
My analysis on why Trump wants #criticalminerals in #Ukraine..within a broader piece on what such minerals Ukraine has from our colleagues:
On the face of it, it looks like a paradox.
Trump has ordered expansion of #fossilfuel production, ditching #renewables policies.🧵👇
On the face of it, it looks like a paradox.
Trump has ordered expansion of #fossilfuel production, ditching #renewables policies.🧵👇
February 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My analysis on why Trump wants #criticalminerals in #Ukraine..within a broader piece on what such minerals Ukraine has from our colleagues:
On the face of it, it looks like a paradox.
Trump has ordered expansion of #fossilfuel production, ditching #renewables policies.🧵👇
On the face of it, it looks like a paradox.
Trump has ordered expansion of #fossilfuel production, ditching #renewables policies.🧵👇
What could #US president Trump's "energy emergency" declaration mean for global #energy landscape -- and by extension how will that impact global #climate action now that the US will be exiting the #Parisagreement yet again?
#BBCWorld has me explain...
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Kc...
#BBCWorld has me explain...
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Kc...
January 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What could #US president Trump's "energy emergency" declaration mean for global #energy landscape -- and by extension how will that impact global #climate action now that the US will be exiting the #Parisagreement yet again?
#BBCWorld has me explain...
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Kc...
#BBCWorld has me explain...
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Kc...
Why is the record #CO2 concentration - 50% higher than pre-industrial period - & its rising speed r more worrying than the hottest yr on record last yr that also saw 1st #1.5C+ warming above pre-industrial levels?
I explain #BBC Newsroom
#ClimateCrisis
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I explain #BBC Newsroom
#ClimateCrisis
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Why is the record #CO2 concentration - 50% higher than pre-industrial period - & its rising speed r more worrying than the hottest yr on record last yr that also saw 1st #1.5C+ warming above pre-industrial levels?
I explain #BBC Newsroom
#ClimateCrisis
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I explain #BBC Newsroom
#ClimateCrisis
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#Nepal PM's remark "we can't have so many tigers & let them eat humans" has ignited polarised reaxns
While the key question how can the country sustain a robustly increasing #tiger population and, at the same time, keep people safe remains
We look into the challenge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
While the key question how can the country sustain a robustly increasing #tiger population and, at the same time, keep people safe remains
We look into the challenge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#Nepal PM's remark "we can't have so many tigers & let them eat humans" has ignited polarised reaxns
While the key question how can the country sustain a robustly increasing #tiger population and, at the same time, keep people safe remains
We look into the challenge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
While the key question how can the country sustain a robustly increasing #tiger population and, at the same time, keep people safe remains
We look into the challenge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
When #climatecrisis and #earthquake meet...
Explaining that deadly combination in regards to the impacts of #TibetEarthquake and nearby Himalayan region already hit by climate catastrophe
And USGS analysis "part of terrain slipped 1.6 m"
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=o1Uz...
Explaining that deadly combination in regards to the impacts of #TibetEarthquake and nearby Himalayan region already hit by climate catastrophe
And USGS analysis "part of terrain slipped 1.6 m"
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=o1Uz...
January 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
When #climatecrisis and #earthquake meet...
Explaining that deadly combination in regards to the impacts of #TibetEarthquake and nearby Himalayan region already hit by climate catastrophe
And USGS analysis "part of terrain slipped 1.6 m"
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=o1Uz...
Explaining that deadly combination in regards to the impacts of #TibetEarthquake and nearby Himalayan region already hit by climate catastrophe
And USGS analysis "part of terrain slipped 1.6 m"
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=o1Uz...
The twists and turns in the tigers' tale...
Explaining the wider context of human-#tiger conflict in #Nepal
And how sustaining a thriving #wildlife & securing people's safety @ the same time can be a massive challenge - with PM Oli's comments on tiger population as the news peg
Explaining the wider context of human-#tiger conflict in #Nepal
And how sustaining a thriving #wildlife & securing people's safety @ the same time can be a massive challenge - with PM Oli's comments on tiger population as the news peg
December 28, 2024 at 10:35 AM
#Santa is coming
His reindeer didn’t go missing.
#Lapland #reindeer made it to his sleigh
And they did not go astray
In search for food.
Because #warming #weather
Leaves the lichen
They graze on
Covered by layer of ice for good.
As I had reported: www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
#climatecrisis
His reindeer didn’t go missing.
#Lapland #reindeer made it to his sleigh
And they did not go astray
In search for food.
Because #warming #weather
Leaves the lichen
They graze on
Covered by layer of ice for good.
As I had reported: www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
#climatecrisis
December 24, 2024 at 7:59 PM
#Santa is coming
His reindeer didn’t go missing.
#Lapland #reindeer made it to his sleigh
And they did not go astray
In search for food.
Because #warming #weather
Leaves the lichen
They graze on
Covered by layer of ice for good.
As I had reported: www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
#climatecrisis
His reindeer didn’t go missing.
#Lapland #reindeer made it to his sleigh
And they did not go astray
In search for food.
Because #warming #weather
Leaves the lichen
They graze on
Covered by layer of ice for good.
As I had reported: www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
#climatecrisis
चराहरूको चियो
प्रकृतीको गुलियो।
कसरी हो कसरी
घन्टौ त्यसैमा भुलियो।
प्रकृतीको गुलियो।
कसरी हो कसरी
घन्टौ त्यसैमा भुलियो।
December 19, 2024 at 2:59 PM
चराहरूको चियो
प्रकृतीको गुलियो।
कसरी हो कसरी
घन्टौ त्यसैमा भुलियो।
प्रकृतीको गुलियो।
कसरी हो कसरी
घन्टौ त्यसैमा भुलियो।
Behind the scenes from filming of our doc “Organised crime fuelling rise in #e-waste and #plastic waste trafficking”
In Naples of Italy, Ghana’s capital Accra and Felixstowe Port of the UK.
youtube.com/watch?v=JLrCS6…
In Naples of Italy, Ghana’s capital Accra and Felixstowe Port of the UK.
youtube.com/watch?v=JLrCS6…
November 30, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Behind the scenes from filming of our doc “Organised crime fuelling rise in #e-waste and #plastic waste trafficking”
In Naples of Italy, Ghana’s capital Accra and Felixstowe Port of the UK.
youtube.com/watch?v=JLrCS6…
In Naples of Italy, Ghana’s capital Accra and Felixstowe Port of the UK.
youtube.com/watch?v=JLrCS6…
Our doc on "significant rise in #plastic & #electrical/electronic #waste trafficking & how people r impacted" is out
youtube.com/watch?v=JLrC...
Just when countries r struggling to secure a legally binding #GlobalPlasticsTreaty at an ongoing meet in South Korea
Text: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
youtube.com/watch?v=JLrC...
Just when countries r struggling to secure a legally binding #GlobalPlasticsTreaty at an ongoing meet in South Korea
Text: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 27, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Our doc on "significant rise in #plastic & #electrical/electronic #waste trafficking & how people r impacted" is out
youtube.com/watch?v=JLrC...
Just when countries r struggling to secure a legally binding #GlobalPlasticsTreaty at an ongoing meet in South Korea
Text: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
youtube.com/watch?v=JLrC...
Just when countries r struggling to secure a legally binding #GlobalPlasticsTreaty at an ongoing meet in South Korea
Text: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...