MOPE and ICIMOD host international conference on resilience

More than four hundred experts in Kathmandu to discuss solutions for mountain communities Four hundred experts from around the world are ...

Charting a new path for SAR applications in the HKH

Action urged on emerging water and waste crisis in the Himalayas

  With urbanization compounding rapidly rising hazards in the mountains, leading ...

Regional collaboration needed for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in the Koshi basin

Around fifty scientists, decision- makers and practitioners from Nepal and China agreed to establish a knowledge hub to support disaster ...

Government of Myanmar and regional knowledge centre collaborate to promote ecotourism and the conservation of protected areas

On Thursday, 30 October, in the presence of Union Minister U Htay Aung of the Ministry of Hotels ...

Urgent action needed to address South Asia’s air pollution health emergency

Kathmandu-headquartered regional organisation the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has partnered with US-based Health Effects Institute (HEI), to ...

Resonating call for a mountain alliance for the Hindu Kush Himalaya

The warnings were dire but the response was heartening. Government representatives, policymakers and scientists from the eight Hindu Kush Himalayan ...

Preparing for the increasing threat of climate change on population movements

During a Civil Society Meeting held in Kathmandu on 2 and 3 February 2015, participants stressed the need for countries ...