Tag: #ICIMOD
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The Arctic meets the Himalaya
The first Inter-Polar Conference in Kathmandu shares knowledge and solutions to the climate crisis
Small is possible at Godavari park
ICIMOD’s Living Mountain Lab demonstrates appropriate technology for farming sustainably in the Himalaya
“We have not respected the fragility of the Himalaya”
What is happening in Pakistan this week is a warning sign of things to come for the entire Himalayan region due to the climate crisis
The elephant whisperer of Nepal
Photos: ICIMODWhen I arrived in February, Bahundangi in Jhapa seemed like a sleepy little town, but the quiet was often interrupted, not by…
Climate change is a disaster in the Nepal Himalaya
Floods, a declining yarsagumba crop and collapse of trekking combine to impoverish farmers in Nepal’s remotest district
“Time to walk the talk on climate change in the Himalaya”
Director General of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Pema Gyamtsho.The newly-appointed Director General of the…
Himalayan rivalry impacts climate science
Chinese military exercises on the Tibetan Plateau last week. Photo: GLOBAL TIMESEnvironment ministers from eight countries that border the…
Forests replace glaciers in the Himalaya
[caption id="attachment54080" align="alignnone" width="900"] Panoramic view of Manang Village and the Gangapurna and Annapurna III Glaciers that…
Already fragile, Himalaya faces COVID-19 risk
Women harvest millet in Manang, Nepal.The 300 million inhabitants of the Himalayan mountains, already threatened by the climate crisis, now face…
Declaring an emergency
Photo : GOPEN RAI/NT ARCHIVEThe Sagarmatha National Sambaad held this week was a dress rehearsal for a bigger international event slated for…
The Third Pole is warming faster than expected
ARCTIC HIMALAYA: NASA satellite images of Imja Galcier near Mt Everest taken in 1962, 1975, 1983, 1989, 1992, 2000, 2006 and (above) in…
Weather warning for climate meeting
The melting Khumbu Glacier below Mount Everest. The Khumbu glacier has shrunk and receded dramatically in the last 30 years. Photo: ALEX…
Himalayan meltdown from space
Josh Maurer created 3D models of the changing Himalayan glaciers using spy satellite images from different angles dating back to the 1970s.…
From playing victim to proactive leadership on climate
Gebru Jember Endalew has been involved in UN negotiations on climate change since 2008 as a core member of the Ethiopian negotiating team. Last…
Turning on the heat
Photo: GEORGE MALLORY Unprecedented in recorded history, there was a 100 degree C difference in temperature between the northern and southern…
Climate damage
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIClimate change is global, it does not respect national boundaries. Neither should its solution. The only way we can…
Electri-City Cars
https://youtu.be/-pr72QL_ScEAfter serving as a toy for the rich, for making an environmental statement, or be a hobby, electric cars have…