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HIMALAYAS WATER CRISIS
Himalayas running out of water, 20% of India's GDP at risk: 200 glacial lakes linked to rivers like Ganga, Yamuna found to be high riskA new report by Systemiq and the Integrated Mountain Initiative, backed by the Rockefeller Foundation, warns that the Himalayas are approac...- Nepal’s request for flood payout tests new climate-aid systemNepal seeks climate compensation for flood damages from a new UN fund. The nation faces immense costs for recovery and rebuilding after rec...
- Global warming: From Nepal to Assam to Kerala, nature’s fury is colliding with unchecked developmentThe Himalayan region is facing increasingly frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, with glacier collapses, flash floods and landslides...
- The Himalayas look unchanged from below, but something is happening high in the mountains — Nepal’s disaster offers a frightening clueA recent disaster in Nepal highlights growing instability in the warming Himalayas. Massive rock and ice collapses unleash destructive floo...
- Nepal has not asked for any compensation from India, says Nepal Foreign MinisterNepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal clarified that Kathmandu has not sought climate compensation from India or other countries following d...
- Nepal PM thanks India for flood rescue help after minister seeks compensation, as reconstruction estimates reach billions of dollarNepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah has thanked India and China for their assistance after flash floods killed 1,127 people and left nearl...
- Does the Nepal glacier collapse signal a new climate risk?Does the devastating flooding unleashed by the collapse of a section of glacier in the Nepalese Himalayas signal a new kind of risk in a wo...
- Before Nepal floods, Himalayan glacier reports had warned of rising risksHimalayan glaciers are melting at an accelerating pace, doubling ice loss rates since 2000. These glaciers provide water for nearly two bil...
- "The scale of damage is so high, it's like a parlay, we cannot imagine": Former National Reconstruction Authority CEO on Nepal floodsNepal grapples with a severe humanitarian crisis after devastating flash floods hit its northern districts. India has swiftly responded by ...
- Investing and thinking beyond Trump, Iran and oil prices: 5 large-caps from different sectors with upside potential of up to 21%West Asia is once again dictating the mood on Dalal Street. Brent crude has crossed $93 a barrel, Indian equities are under pressure, and t...
- Pay attention to dry facts about waterIndia is grappling with an acute water crisis. Recent studies reveal that the Western Himalayas are experiencing the driest spring seasons ...
- Satellites Expose a Hidden Water Loss Beneath the World’s Tallest MountainsVast underground freshwater reserves in the Himalayas and Andes are depleting. Satellites now track these hidden water losses, revealing si...
- Multi-trillion-dollar climate financing gap in crucial Hindu Kush Himalayas: ReportThe Hindu Kush Himalaya region needs a massive USD 12 trillion for climate action by 2050. Current funding falls far short of this ambitiou...
- Experts discuss role of Hindu Kush Himalayas region & Arctic in the era of climate changeExperts gathered in Kathmandu for the first-ever Inter-Polar Conference, organized jointly by the International Centre for Integrated Mount...
- Silent disasters of UttarakhandThere have been several such 'silent disasters' in the state over the years - from Garbyang in Dharchula district, once a thriving Indo-Tib...
- As minister, I was against power projects on Ganga, its main tributaries: Uma BhartiA part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to a massive flood in the Dhau...
- Survey to map Himalayan springs soonAs a part of the government’s plan to revive natural sources of water in the hilly region, drones would be deployed to map all the springs ...
- Plan to revive over three million springs in 10 hill states on the cardsA comprehensive policy is in the pipeline to revive and rejuvenate large number of springs in the Himalayan region to make them perennial.
- India’s water crisis is man-madeWhile climate change certainly played a role, however, Chennai’s is largely a man-made disaster.
- Ecopreneurship: A plan to save the hillsThe disaster in Uttarakhand this June has left a trail of destruction unlike any other rain-related tragedy in the state in a very long tim...
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