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We learn that there is an impending crisis of flooding in the Himalayan region

Countries from the Hindu Kush Himalayas seek to present a unified voice at COP26 with their #HKH2Glasgow campaign.

Count your climate losses How recent reports on climate change weigh the economic versus the human cost of the ecological crisis. Climate-change-related disasters have swept across Southasia in 2021, with forest fires and floods in the Himalaya, heavy rains followed by deadly floods in Sri Lanka, and severe cyclones in parts of India and Bangladesh. This does not include the confluence of the pandemic with extreme weather, with some recent research suggesting that poor air quality can significa...

WASHINGTON, DC – NASA and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have opened a new environmental monitoring program in West Africa that will enhance the role of space-based observations i WASHINGTON, DC – NASA and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have opened a new environmental monitoring program in West Africa that will enhance the role of space-based observations in the management of climate-sensitive issues facing the world today. SERVIR-West Africa, based...

MoU signed by Climate Analytics and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Format On 7 July 2021 the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Climate Analytics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on advancing scientific knowledge on climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Climate change is increasingly impacting the stability of fragile mountain ecosystems and the livelihoods of mountain people. Even if we limit ...

Visiting British minister reviews plan to train owners

A recent study advocates that an integrated management mechanism among the Brahmaputra basin countries with the objective of equitable benefit sharing

Hyderabad: On the occasion of World Environment Day, ISB and British Deputy High Commission, Chandigarh jointly organised a Business and Policy Dialogue on ‘Climate Change and Glaciers’, where Ms Caroline Rowett, British Deputy High Commissioner, Cha

On the occasion of World Environment Day, the European Union, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development have announced the launch of a new development cooperation project titled “Green Resilient Agricultural Productive Ecosystems in Nepal”.

Good Neighbours series explores how people-to-people activities advance regionalism in South Asia Melting Siachen Glacier As development practitioners, we habitually analyze South Asia’s low levels of intraregional cooperation, trade, and connectivity. But what we overlook are the small but significant ways in which people come together, with innovation and fortitude overcoming significant barriers. For instance, about a hundred South Asian students gather annually at a one-of-its-kind event ...