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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 ...

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 ...

2 Dec 2023 Izabella Koziell
PM Dahal moderates high-level roundtable meeting to addresses urgent climate crisis concerns for mountainous nations

Nepal hosted a high-level roundtable meeting on the sidelines of the Conference of the Parties (COP) 28 in Dubai on ...

2024 May Witness More Natural Disasters

The Weather Channel argues that India faces the gravest challenge: Climate change-induced health vulnerability.

4 Dec 2023 COP28
Report reveals ‘catastrophic loss’ to Himalayan glaciers ‘even at 2C’

With COP28 underway in Dubai, researchers say climate negotiations should pay more attention to mountain regions, particularly the Hindu Kush ...