Tibet in Context S1 Ep3 - Conversation with Gabriel Lafitte, Lobsang Yangsto and Tenzin Choekyi.

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Tibet is a biodiversity hotspot that governs the flow of the monsoon rains and creates the rivers that are sourced from Tibet – it matters to the rest of the world. Known as the Earth’s Third Pole, Tibet holds the largest store of fresh water outside the Arctics, providing water for one fifth of the global population. Like the Arctic, Tibet is experiencing profound climate change impacts. China’s hydro-damming and mineral extraction in Tibet, combined with climate change, threaten to destroy Tibet’s unique ecosystems.

This podcast focuses on the climate emergency and the critical ‘India China Tibet Triangle’. Tenzin Choekyi and Lobsang Yangtso were part of an all-female, mostly Tibetan team who spoke for Tibet at the most important meeting for the future of our planet, the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27, held in Egypt from 6-20 November. Gabriel explains why Tibet matters to the rest of the world, because Tibet governs the flow of the monsoon rains and creates the rivers that are sourced from Tibet. “In Tibet, China sees an abundant source of hydro power, solar power, wind power, oil and gas, all to be exported to the heavy industrial users of lowland China. In Tibet the climate is warming faster than most, as the jet stream in the upper atmosphere diverts around the plateau, which is such a massive island in the sky that it affects even the jet stream. Globally, the increasingly common droughts, forest fires, also extreme downpours and floods are intensified by the increasing meandering of the jet stream. Yet China sees only a payoff, a dividend it collects as the Tibetan Plateau gets wetter and warmer, its glaciers melt, the great rivers of Tibet increase streamflow, and China benefits.”

International Campaign for Tibet report on environmental defenders at: [ Ссылка ] . According to ICT, “Between 2012 and 2020, approximately 1,540 land and environmental defenders globally were killed. In 2019, an estimated 40% of the 304 human rights defenders killed were environmental defenders. Although many Tibetans have been persecuted and even killed for protecting their environment, their reports and the environmental concerns they raise are less recognized by the international community, because the Chinese government and international community treat all Tibetan grievances as only related to the territorial conflict. While Tibetans continue to resist China’s illegal occupation of Tibet since 1949-50, Tibetans also work to carve out spaces within the People’s Republic of China, where they can live a life with dignity to shape the decisions that determine how their lives and the local environment are governed.”

Biodiversity is as crucial as climate, and our planet’s diversity is in desperate peril. The UN Convention on Biodiversity is held in Montreal on 7-19 December – hosted by China.

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Loten Namling - [ Ссылка ]

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Gabriel Lafitte - [ Ссылка ]

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1. Free Tibet - [ Ссылка ]
2. Tibet Climate Crisis - [ Ссылка ]
3. Tibet Watch - [ Ссылка ]
4. Standupfortibet.org

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