Ten Big questions to be addressed by UIB
Following are the 10 big questions to be addressed six technical working groups of UIB network.
- What were the climatic trends and variability in the basin in the past, and how will they be in the future?
- What is the state of various cryosphere components (glacier, snow, permafrost), how are they are changing with time, and how will they change in the future under climate change?
- How can the present observation system be strengthened to support previous questions?
- How to enhance the effectiveness of data collection, quality control and dissemination at national and regional levels?
- How will climate change and cryosphere dynamics impact the water availability in the future?
- What will be the water demand scenario of the future?
- How can the supply-demand gaps be addressed?
- What are the most suitable and sustainable development options for the upstream part of the basin?
- What are the natural hazard hotspots and how is the vulnerability changing?
- What could be the impact of cryospheric changes on ecosystem?