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2021-04-22 11:35:43 GMT2021-04-22 19:35:43(Beijing Time) Xinhua English KATHMANDU, April 22 (Xinhua) -- China's role in the fight against global warming and climate change is crucial, said Pema Gyamtsho, director general of the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) on Wednesday. China is making commendable progress in meeting its obligations under the Paris Agreement on climate change, he said in an interview with Xinhua. China has made substantial investments in fulfilling its commitments to reducing carbon emissions, he noted. "China's role in the fight ag...

Even as militaries clash in the region, cross-border teams of scientists collaborate on climate models.

The Himalayan region is divided not only by a patchwork of artificial national borders, but by deeply-entrenched political hostilities.

Himalayan Glacier Disaster Shows Impacts of Climate Change: Scientists The destruction has left at least 32 people dead. Why Global Citizens Should Care Billions of people rely on glaciers in some part for agriculture, industry, and drinking water. While everyone feels the effects of climate change, its impacts fall more heavily on those living in poverty. Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations’ Global Goals, including goal 3 for climate action. Join the movement and take action on this issue and more here. Climate change compounded the devastating flood that ripped through a Hima...

Disaster Underscores Dam Danger in India’s Uttarakhand Between climate change effects and multiple hydroelectric power projects, the Himalayan Indian state could face an environmental catastrophe in the future. February 09, 2021 This photograph provided by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel search for more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off Sunday and sent a wall of water and debris rushing down the mountain in Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, Monday...