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Science and mapping at the top of the world

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Amplifying impact through strategic partnerships

Science and mapping

Significantly adding to data availability, the world’s highest automatic weather stations were installed on Mount Everest during the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. We were among the partners there and in an associated range of scientific efforts including work on the highest glacier in world, Khumbu glacier, where ice samples were collected and multiple scientific research projects were conducted. We contributed to the NGS comprehensive map of Asia’s vital rivers building on scientific work to develop the first ever Water Tower Index. This collaboration with NGS complements our long-term effort of bringing much-needed focus to climate change issues facing our region.

Based on the data and information from the expedition, multiple academic papers will be published, the July issue of National Geographic Magazine featured the expedition and the National Geographic TV Channel features aspects of the expedition. In addition, footage and photographs from the expedition are also being used to create educational materials, where ICIMOD researchers are featured explaining AWS networks and how mapping helps us understand glacier and other natural changes in the region.

Based on the data and information from the expedition, multiple academic papers will be published, the July issue of National Geographic Magazine featured the expedition and the National Geographic TV Channel features aspects of the expedition.

Chapter 7

Regional and global outreach

3 Dec 2019 Water
In Search of More Time

Community-based flood early warning systems will help communities in the Koshi basin better prepare for a flood

Working to Avoid a Disaster

A project along the China-Nepal border aims to reduce the risk of disaster and to become an example of cross-border ...

Mountains in the global climate agenda

2021 was an important year for ambitious climate and conservation action. The UN Climate Change Conference ...

Oxfam in Nepal and ICIMOD join hands with communities to manage flood risk in Nepal

Climate change has altered the frequency and intensity of extreme events and increased the vulnerability of communities to ...

Promoting the HKH Assessment report

Deepening science communication through flagship publication promotion

From the HKH to Africa

Our CBFEWS success inspires a flood intervention project in Malawi

Conserving and restoring water sources

Efforts to integrate sringshed management into river basin management plans and policies in Nepal

Payment for ecosystem services for drinking water schemes in Dhankuta, Koshi Hills, is becoming a reality

After a yearlong effort through an action research by ICIMOD’s Koshi Basin Programme (KBP) and its partner