HKS Snow Update 2025
<p>The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend,
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Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand regarding preservation of the eco-sensitive Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, 06/09/2023
<p>Order of the High Court of Jharkhand in the matter of Akash Vashishtha Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 06/09/2023.</p> <p>The matter related to the preservation of the eco-sensitive Doon
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Enhancing cooperation to address cascading climate risks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
This brief sets out the rationale for strengthening regional resilience to cascading climate risks in the HKH, illustrating the benefits that cooperation and collaboration can achieve. It also explores
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Water, ice, society, and ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: an outlook
<p>Glaciers in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalaya could lose up to 75% of their volume by century’s end due to global warming, causing both dangerous flooding and water shortages for the 240 million people who live in the mountainous region, according to this report by the ICIMOD.</p>
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Resilient mountain solutions: ten local solutions for global impact
This book presents 10 efficient, cost-effective and custom-made solutions that have been tested in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region and are suitable for up-scaling and out-scaling to other regions.
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Twenty third report on glacier management in the country-monitoring of glaciers/lakes including glacial lake outbursts leading to flash-floods in the Himalayan region
Majority of Himalayan glaciers analysed are melting or retreating at varying rates in different regions, the government has said. It has noted that melting glaciers due to any impact of climate change
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Lessons from Joshimath: the need for a Himalayan development model
The fragility of the Himalayan ecosystem was recently highlighted by incidents of land sinking in Joshimath, a small hill town in India’s Uttarakhand. This crisis has generated intense debate on aspects
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Order of the National Green Tribunal on constructions taking place in Mussoorie damaging the environment, 31/01/2023
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in The Tribune dated 16.01.2023 titled “Joshimath disaster a warning for Mussoorie” dated 31/01/2023.</p>
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Renewable energy for a low-carbon pathway in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: current status, potential, and challenges
This paper presents targets pertaining to renewable energy as put forward by the HKH countries, and the potential of the HKH region to contribute to the national climate targets related to renewable energy.
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State of gender equality and climate change in South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalaya
South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) are among the regions that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Its adverse impacts are worsening and becoming more evident here. The impacts
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Decentralised solar electricity for agri-food value chains in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region
The communities inhabiting the mountainous areas of the Hind Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, which rely mainly on agriculture and farming for their food security and livelihoods, face increasingly severe impacts