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		<title>The building blocks of change for cleaner air: Insights from Pakistan’s brick industry </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 05:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gender disparities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zigzag kilns]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As urbanisation accelerates across the Hindu Kush Himalaya, the brick industry - vital yet highly polluting - faces urgent calls for reform. ICIMOD, with partners, is leading efforts to promote cleaner, more efficient technologies like zigzag kilns, while addressing social challenges in the sector. With over 11,000 kilns converted in Punjab, Pakistan, and cross-provincial learning underway in Sindh, this transformation offers a scalable model for climate action, healthier communities, and safer livelihoods across South Asia. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Foresight: Translating future uncertainty into present-day choices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In times marked by uncertainty and looming threats, foresight emerges as an essential tool to anticipate potential risks such as the unforeseen flood in Kathmandu, and delve deeper into signs of approaching change.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nature’s pharmacy: Exploring the herbal riches of Bhutan’s highlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We were surrounded by a wealth of highly prized medicinal plants and herbs as we walked through Jigme Dorji National Park]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Yaks, yartsa, and yarns: changing lives and climate in the highlands of Bhutan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 08:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the world grapples with the repercussions of a warming planet, it is the mountain communities, such as the yak herders in JDNP, who bear the brunt of these impacts. Although these communities make minimal contributions to climate change, they find themselves disproportionately affected by its adverse consequences.]]></description>
		
		
		
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