ICIMOD initiated the climate-proofing mountain tourism landscape concept through a two-pronged approach – field school and policy development. These approaches are connecting communities to policy, where lessons and experiences from the field inform policy development.
Chapter four of the Tourism Panel on Climate Change Stocktake report has a dedicated section that brings in the perspective of the HKH mountain destinations, where the strong need for an integrated assessment of climate risks to attract investment for climate resilient mountain tourism has been highlighted.