MoU signed by Climate Analytics and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
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On 7 July 2021 the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Climate Analytics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on advancing scientific knowledge on climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH).
Climate change is increasingly impacting the stability of fragile mountain ecosystems and the livelihoods of mountain people. Even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C as outlined under the Paris Agreement, it is projected that 36% of the glaciers in the region will be gone by 2100, threatening the livelihoods of nearly two billion people who depend on the ten major rivers systems that have their headwaters in the HKH.
Adaptation fund paves way for strengthening cooperation on climate change
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decision to accredit the International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD) as a Regional Implementing Entity (RIE) of the
Adaptation Fund (AF).
received RIE accreditation and the only one in the Asia and the Pacific, an
ICIMOD press release said.
encouragement at the accreditation, saying “We are deeply encouraged by the
news of our AF accreditation. This will allow us to support our eight member
countries across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) in their concrete adaptation
projects and to strengthen regional cooperation on the climate action that is
required to address our shared climate crisis.”