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Reflections to Review: Climate Adaptation in Himalaya

07.06.2012

Recognizing the climatic changes and their impacts in Himalayan Mountains, Prakriti, a mountain environment group (and Mountain Partnership member) based in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, India founded a Pan-Himalayan initiative called ‘Climate Himalaya’ to divest its efforts in Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Mountain Development.

The initiative was launched formally on 5 June 2010 at IIT Roorkee (Uttarakhand, India) on the occasion of World Environment Day 2010 in partnership with Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS) and Times Foundation New Delhi, with the representation from Andes and Himalayan countries like Chile, India and Nepal.

Over the past two years, ‘CHI’ has grown to become an important reference for governments, research institutions, civil society groups and international agencies having work and interest in the Himalayas.

With thematic areas like mountain ecosystem, water, forest and livelihood, the Climate Himalaya team innovates on knowledge sharing, capacity building and climate adaptation in its focus countries of Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The vision of Climate Himalaya is to serve as a link between practice, science, policy and decision making towards climate change and sustainable mountain development.

Click the link to read the review of Climate Himalaya's first two years of awareness generation and advocacy work.

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