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A steep climb to cleaner air in South Asia

In the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, the stunning landscape that makes the region so iconic is also creating a serious obstacle for public health – but NASA atmospheric scientists and the SERVIR programme are working to help keep mountain communities breathing easy.

Meryl Kruskopf & Jacob Ramthun

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Using CORDEX datasets for regional climate projections

Regional climate projections can inform more detailed impact and adaptation assessments and planning, especially in vulnerable regions like South Asia. ...

10 Oct 2018 Press releases
Regional drought forum calls for cooperation in sharing information on natural hazards

Agricultural and hydrological drought monitoring and early warning systems; drought impacts and climate risk financing; land use practice and policies; ...

29 Mar 2024 SERVIR-HKH
Request for proposals: Consultancy services to revamp the SERVIR-HKH website

ICIMOD is looking for consultancy services to revamp the SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya website. To provide you more details of the ...

Understanding our future climate better using regional climate projections

We partnered with the Met Office, UK’s national meteorological agency, to organize a training in June 2021 on spatial and ...

6 Dec 2019 SERVIR-HKH
Knowledge forum calls for regional cooperation on early warning for floods and high-impact weather events

In light of these challenges, the ICIMOD convened a regional knowledge forum on early warning for floods and high-impact weather ...

30 Jul 2019 SERVIR-HKH
Regional drought outlook system for South Asia launched

Droughts do not harm immediately. Their impact on lives and productive assets is gradual, which is perhaps why they do ...

8 Sep 2020 SERVIR-HKH
Looking to the skies: Women in Pakistan learn to integrate geospatial information technology into their fields

After successfully conducting the empowering women in geospatial information technology (GIT) training in Nepal, we rolled out the virtual training exclusively ...