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Will climbers have to brave Everest without Sherpas?

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Mountain work can be well paid by Nepali standards but traditional guides are finding it less attractive

15 Dec 2023 GLOFs
More Than 7,000 Lives Lost to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in High Mountain Asia

This was revealed by a new dataset released by the Kathmandu-based ICIMOD on Friday; Impacts from GLOF events have increased ...

12 Jan 2024 Climate change
Snow cover across Northern Hemisphere has declined in last 4 decades due to changing climate: Study

Ninety per cent of the global population lives in the Northern Hemisphere, above the Equator

7 Dec 2023 Pema Gyamtsho
Himalaya : « Nous n’avons pas le luxe d’attendre » !

Le Directeur de l’ICIMOD s’exprime dans une interview pour la presse himalayenne. Il partage quelques enjeux majeurs de l’arc Hindu ...

The threat from melting glaciers

ON the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza valley in Pakistan’s mountainous far north, Tariq Jamil measures ...

19 Dec 2023 Global
COP28 spotlights key climate battle: Saving Himalayan ice

From Afghanistan to China, vanishing glaciers risk floods and drought for billions

8 Dec 2023 Air
Not climate smart

Countries are watering down commitments for fossil fuel phase-out at COP28 in Dubai, and this means future infrastructure in the ...

9 Dec 2023 Floods
Melting Glacier will flood India and disrupt its water supply

Frozen water, in its various forms, bears the brunt of climate change. In the mountainous expanse of the Hindu Kush ...

11 Dec 2023 Video News
Video: South Asia’s glacial lakes at risk of flooding

Global warming is causing glacial lakes in mountainous regions of South Asia to flood suddenly--sometimes with fatal results.