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The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region — the world’s “Third Pole” — are vanishing as the planet warms, the ice that once fed the great rivers of Asia is all but lost, and with it much of the water needed to nurture and grow a continent. Read more
At the Paris climate conference in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal. This ...
The headwaters of 10 major rivers originate near some of Earth’s highest points. Known as the world’s “third pole,” the ...
The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region -- the world's "Third Pole" -- are vanishing as ...
This is the climate crisis you haven’t heard of,’ ICIMOD’s Philippus Wester explains, adding that alongside glacier melt, there will ...
Further stressed by extreme heatwaves, erratic monsoons, and pollution, the waterways are in crisis and the lives of hundreds of ...
The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region — the world’s “Third Pole” — are vanishing as ...
High -altitude wetlands in the HKH region are vital for local communities, serving as a crucial freshwater source of drinking, ...
