Renewable Energy: Over 100 participants, including development partners, civil society members, environmental experts, private sector representatives and government officials from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan attended the conference, according to a press release issued by the ICIMOD.
A wildfire blazed early on Wednesday outside the picturesque western Cuba valley town of Vinales, state-run media said, threatening a region considered to be among the island's most important tourist destinations. Local media said the fire was 90% controlled by early Wednesday but that the blaze, which began Monday afternoon, had yet to be snuffed out completely as strong winds fanned flames in a remote and mountainous region of pine forest. The 51-square-mile (13,210-hectare) Vinales valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site and among Cuba's top and best known tourist destinations.
Harnessing renewable energy has the potential to revolutionize food security in the mountainous Hindu Kush Himalayas region, experts, including from India, highlighted at a conference hosted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICOMOD). With rising temperatures posing risks to food security, experts emphasized the importance of embracing clean energy sources like hydro, solar, biomass, and wind to transform agricultural productivity.
The northern midland and mountainous region has a particularly important strategic position in terms of economy, culture, society, and the environment. It has an untapped potential in agriculture, forestry, minerals, hydroelectricity, tourism and border trade economy.