Unesco report says Hindu Kush, Himalaya could lose 50pc of glaciers by year 2100; calls for novel solutions to avert disaster.

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has responded to a series of alarming reports from United Nations agencies, confirming that many glaciers in the Hindu Kush ...

In all cases, it’s important to leverage local knowledge and actively involve the affected communities. As the Thame glacial lake flooding incident demonstrated, local knowledge is vital to saving ...

Food insecurity will almost surely worsen as ... Development institutions must continue to scale up investment in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, and to work together to recast this glacial region ...

The UN has declared 2025 to be the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation, making it a fitting moment to confront the stark reality that the wo ...

Climate change is accelerating this trend, particularly in the Hindu Kush Himalayas — a region known as the Earth ... reducing water availability, undermining food and energy security and exacerbating ...

Climate change is accelerating this trend, particularly in the Hindu Kush Himalayas – a region ... reducing water availability, undermining food and energy security, and exacerbating ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayas – the largest store of ice after Antarctica and the Arctic – are warming three times faster than the global average. Development institutions must take urgent action to avert ...