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European Union & ICIMOD launch €11 million Rural Livelihood and Climate Change Adaptation programme in the Himalayan region

05.12.2012

The European Union (EU) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has signed a €11 million agreement for livelihood development and mitigation of climate change impacts through adaptation. Spanning the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) mountain region, this programme will receive a contribution of €10,000,000 from the EU. The five year programme spans Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Nepal. The Programme which will start in 2013, aims at using natural resources in a more sustainable, efficient way and protect the environment.

For more information contact:

EU Delegation to India

Karine Olislagers  [email protected]

ICIMOD

Christian Mazal  [email protected]

Nira Gurung  [email protected], [email protected]

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