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The devastation of this years monsoon season in India, which runs from June to September, has been significant: Local government estimates say that 428 people have died and Himachal Pradesh suffered over $1.42 billion worth in property damage since June. - Indias Devastating Monsoon Season Is A Sign Of Things To Come, As Climate And Poor Planning Combine

​​​​​​​With scientists worldwide warning of the catastrophic global impacts of this year’s record-breaking losses of snow and ice, policymakers and experts representing one of the world’s most climate vulnerable regions gathered at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development to call for an urgent acceleration of climate action and ambition.

According to a recent study by an intergovernmental organization of experts, 80% of glaciers in the Himalayas and Hindu Kush could melt by the end of the century, with catastrophic consequences for the local people

When a flash flood descended on a Himalayan community in the Mustang district in Nepal, it shocked residents, climate experts, and disaster management.

KATHMANDU, Sep 26 (IPS) - After heavy rains caused a flash flooding in the high mountains in the trans-Himalayan Mustang district of Nepal, residents and scientists have called for additional research and risk reduction measures in a region now considered vulnerable to climate-change-related disasters.
 When a flash flood descended on a Himalayan community in the Mustang district in Nepal, it shocked the residents, climate change experts, and disaster risk management.

Several reports in the past have claimed that the Antarctic ice sheet has been strongly decreasing since 2016.

To help demystify and open up conversations on climate change, The Third Pole has compiled this glossary of key terms, available in five languages.

“Climate change is more than statistics, it’s more than data points. It’s more than net-zero targets. It’s about the people, it’s about the people who are being impacted right now”. –Vanessa Nakate The issue of...

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If anybody has lingering doubts about global warming’s strength of power to directly impact Earth’s ecosystems, think again. Antarctica, at the bottom of the