Due to rising temperatures, record glacier melting has occurred in 2023 globally, including in Asia, according to the State ...

The region is expected to suffer the most significant impacts of changing water availability this century. Yet tight-fisted governments are quibbling at COP28 over climate financing. For the first ...

Experts, donors and policymakers have gathered for a six-day conference in Paro to find solutions for mitigating and adapting ...

The U.N. process shows little appetite for addressing the urgent climate crisis on the Tibetan Plateau – in part due to China ...

India experienced extreme weather events, including heat waves, prolonged monsoons, floods, droughts, snowless peaks, and ...

Nepal's twin flood disasters in 2021 are examples of the havoc that climate change will increasingly wreak and highlight the ...

Climate change poses a growing threat to the glaciers found in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, according to a new report. The study found that if CO2 emissions are not cut rapidly ...

It covered different locations in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, ranging from Myanmar in the east to Afghanistan in the west. 1.9 billion people rely on natural 'water towers' High Mountain Asia's ...

The water scarcity in towns dependent on the Hindu Kush Himalayas could double by 2050. Indian tourist hot-spots like Mussoorie, Devprayag, Singtam, Kalimpong and Darjeeling are among the most ...

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) formalized a five-year partnership today by signing a Memorandum ...

New Delhi: The Hindu Kush Himalaya is experiencing significantly lower snow persistence this year, raising serious concern over water security for downstream communities, according to a new report.

Dubai, UAE—Experts at the climate summit in Dubai, UAE highlighted the alarming glacial retreat in Bhutan and the Hindu Kush Himalayan regions at the Bhutan Pavilion on December 4. During the session, ...