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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the world as we know it and laid bare the vulnerabilities of mountain communities already impacted by climate change.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life in the HKH and compounded the vulnerabilities of mountain communities already impacted by climate change. However, it also presents an opportunity for concrete actions toward the transformation necessary for a more resilient and inclusive HKH. In this comprehensive policy paper, we assess the impacts of the pandemic, the risks and vulnerabilities, and provide policy responses and actions required for countries and more robust regional and international cooperation for the mountains.
COVID-19
I feel fortunate that ICIMOD colleagues have the opportunity to work at home, and to safely work during this COVID-19 crisis. We also appreciate the many actions of our regional…
Developing green enterprise that can align social and economic goals…
All across the world vulnerable workers have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The world is reeling under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected life in…
The uneven impact of COVID-19 has exposed entrenched gender and other inequalities in Pakistan.
For a country like Nepal, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic – particularly the lockdown implemented to contain it – have been harsh.
In the last century, three-quarters of land and two-thirds of the ocean have been changed…
Migration has long existed in South Asia.
We remain very concerned about the impacts of COVID-19 in our HKH region. While the situation is mixed in our ICIMOD countries…
Urbanization – a global trend – has rapidly increased in South Asia in the last decade. The region is home to the world’s most populous…
The lockdowns across the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region have resulted in perceptible improvements in air quality and visibility…
With transportation heavily restricted and industries largely shut down because of the COVID–19 pandemic…
With the monsoon each year in South Asia comes the danger of floods. Communities in the Himalayan foothills…
“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive, and even spiritual satisfaction.” – Edward Osborne Wilson
The Terai region of Nepal is reporting new cases of COVID-19 with each passing day, and the local government and community…
It is clear that the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis are very high for the people of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). As this crisis unfolds, it might seem difficult…
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the world as we know it and laid bare the vulnerabilities of mountain communities already impacted…
In mid-March, as governments scrambled to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, banning flights, halting surface transport…
Disasters and public health emergencies oftentimes compound gender inequalities in societies.
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Nepal’s economy hard. By all indications, the lockdown will have profound long-term impacts that are difficult to fully determine now.
As the services sector is bound to face a long and hard journey to a revival, the agro sector will be all the more important.
The COVID-19 crisis highlights the long-term neglect of women and marginalised groups in water policies in South Asia.
The world’s 7.6 billion residents are facing an unmitigated and unprecedented fight against a global public health emergency.
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