The threat from melting glaciers

Monsoon floods devastate commercial crops, cause loss of $1.7 bn in Sindh: study

A recent by the International Centre for Integrated Mountains Development (ICIMOD) and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) has revealed that ...

Snow cover across Northern Hemisphere has declined in last 4 decades due to changing climate: Study

Ninety per cent of the global population lives in the Northern Hemisphere, above the Equator

2m face Glacial flooding in Pakistan

Fifteen million people worldwide are at risk of glacial lake flooding, with two million of them in Pakistan, according to ...

Pakistan floods threaten food security, destroy key crops

Floods hit dozens of areas Pakistan Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab. Large tracts of farmland were destroyed in the provinces. If thousands of ...

Nepal Farmers Face Another Year of ‘Agricultural Drought’, Threatening Food Security

Najboon Khatun looks up at the sky every day, searching for the possibility of rain. Clouds come and go without ...

Floods in Pakistan threaten food security, destroy important crops

Pakistan floods threaten food security as critical crops destroyed

Agricultural land inundated by flooding is set to have long-term humanitarian and economic impacts in Pakistan. Billions of dollars ...

Will climbers have to brave Everest without Sherpas?

Mountain work can be well paid by Nepali standards but traditional guides are finding it less attractive