In the face of Climate Change, there is urgent need for Himalayan nations to build resilience to buffer the impacts of Climate Change and generate resources for adaptation, capacity building, and technology transfer. Such actions can no longer wait for a global agreement. In the Himalayas where the impacts of global climate are manifesting at

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Temperatures are increasing, glaciers are melting fast, and sea levels are rising. The entire planet is affected by global warming, and polar bears in Antarctica aren’t the only ones facing changes. Expected weather changes in the Hudson Valley in coming years include more intense storms, heat waves, and less snow cover. This could greatly affect

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KYOTO PROTOCOL IN DANGER: The Cancun Agreement on Long-Term Cooperative Action (LCA) has jeopardised the Kyoto Protocol. What’s more, key decisions on what should be the second commitment period (2017 or 2020), what should be the base period from which emissions reduction targets should be measured (1990, 2000 or 2005), what emission reduction targets should

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Pakistan needs to work out an extraordinary strategy for the challenges ahead in 2011, as it continued to witness double burden of diseases, the infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases, in 2010. According to statistics, Pakistan had not been able to control the burden of communicable diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, dengue fever, typhoid, viral hepatitis, cholera

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The glacial lakes far north in the country had all burst and the rivers across the Himalayas had turned pitch brown, and the atmosphere was adorned with the most powerful smells of soil and nature. Plant debris floated on the angry rivers as they knocked against each other producing the most hideous thuds. Two large

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Nepal has lost an average of 59,050 hectares or 1.23 percent, of its forest a year for the past decade. As India takes steps to protect its forests, timber smuggling from Nepal is on the rise, according to officials. As New Year knocks on the door and the world prepares to welcome it, the Nepali

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