Thank you GRID-Arendal for hosting ICIMOD to help raise the profile of climate impacts on Hindu Kush #Himalayas

This weeks’ lunch with our interns was another wonderful opportunity to hear from young minds, their aspirations and thoughts about their time at ICIMOD so far! You may be able to spot that momos are quite the favourite!

Massive flooding in Thame of Solukhumbu in Everest Region... youtu.be/K0zgzFibneo?si… via YouTube

Devastating flood hit #Thame village likely caused by a lake outburst near Tashi Lapcha Pass. This is a harsh reminder of the realities of climate change, echoing the 1985 #DigTsho #GLOF that destroyed Thame Hydropower. Thoughts and prayers #ClimateChange #ClimateActionNow

There’s a need for a complete reinvention of the systems that surround us and to support those leading game-changing disruption! Startup Nation 2030 is an important signal for partners and aspiring entrepreneurs that this sector is a priority for Nepal’s development.

3 Million Displaced in India & Bangladesh as Historic Rains Cause Devastating Floods. Cumilla, in the Meghna river basin, recorded 2.5 times its normal monthly rainfall in just three days. Homes, fields, roads, and infrastructure are submerged. Rivers in the Meghna and Ganges

NPR1BN pledged for start-ups in Nepal in bid to incubate 10,000 new enterprises and 100,000 jobs Last week, entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators from all over Nepal and the HKH gathered for the third edition of Startup Nation 2030 – an initiative that aims to make Nepal one of

📰 In the news The rich tradition of herbal medicine in Bhutan’s highlands is a testament to the region’s biodiversity, reports Oman Observer from Jigme Dorji National Park. ‘This place is a living pharmacy,’ says Izabella Koziell, ICIMOD’s Deputy Director General. The park, home

ICIMOD at the inaugural session of Consultation Workshop on Outcome of first pilot for Asian Development Bank’s BARHKH program where DDG Izabella Koziell stressed on the importance of emerging risk scenarios and a need for understanding and monitoring cascading hazards in HKH

On this International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, ICIMOD publishes the THIMPU OUTCOME. The document reflects a major stepping-up of collective ambition to tackle soaring pollution in one of the most densely populated and toxic airsheds on Earth. Key stakeholders from