climate change

Glacial melt spells more trouble in the Himalayan LDCs

The recent landmark International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) report on glacial melt in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region paints a drastic picture, indicating that the glaciers will melt by one third even if the global temperature rise is limited to 1.5°C, a goal of the Paris climate agreement.…
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Floods and droughts – weather extremes beyond 1.5 Celsius

The latest research shows that exceeding the 1.5 Celsius limit that was the aim of the Paris Accord by even half a degree would have a massive, disastrous effect on vulnerable populations, especially in the developing world As the Northern Hemisphere summer advances, reports of new heat records around  the…
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