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		<title>The Burning Issue: Why it’s so urgent to stop burning agricultural residues in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Himalayan Foothills of South Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agricultural waste residues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indo-Gangetic Plain]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the incineration of agricultural residues long recognised as a key cause of South Asia’s air pollution crisis, it is time to embrace no-burn alternatives.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Record low snowfall sounds alarm for water security in the Hindu Kush Himalaya</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/cryosphere-water-risks/cryosphere-water-record-low-snowfall-sounds-alarm-for-water-security-in-the-hindu-kush-himalaya/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arshini Saikia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 04:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cryosphere and water]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Western Himalaya]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mountain peaks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region – usually capped in a white blanket of snow in the winter – remain noticeably bare this year, particularly in the western Himalayas. This winter has been very unusual, with little or no snowfall throughout the region. Farmers are understandably concerned, as low snowfall has a direct and severe impact on agriculture. This is particularly acute for the HKH region which is heavily dependent on agriculture.]]></description>
		
		
		
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