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		<title>Women, Water, and the Future of Equity in the HKH Region</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/cryosphere-water-risks/women-water-and-the-future-of-equity-in-the-hkh-region/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neera Shrestha Pradhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the world prepares to mark&#160;World Water Day 2026&#160;under the theme&#160;of “Where Water Flows: Equality [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Exploring online and onsite learning to scale integrated water management</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/cryosphere-water-risks/exploring-online-and-onsite-learning-to-scale-integrated-water-management/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shubhuti Kiran Ghimire]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The challenge of water management in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is fundamentally a systems [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In deep reverence to Yala Glacier </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chimi Seldon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glacier Change]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just a decade ago, it would have been difficult to imagine such a solemn ritual to honour the glacier, to lament the loss of much of its ice. Yet the changes are undeniable. Yala Glacier is disappearing. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Drought in the grain basket: A silent agricultural crisis in Nepal’s Madhesh Province </title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/cryosphere-water-risks/drought-in-the-grain-basket-a-silent-agricultural-crisis-in-nepals-madhesh-province/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sravan Shrestha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Nepal’s Madhesh Province, widely known as the nation’s ‘Grain Basket’, an unprecedented monsoon failure in July 2025 has led to a severe drought, disrupting rice transplantation and threatening food security. ICIMOD’s Earth Observation analysis reveals over 40% of rice fields under stress, with potential losses of up to 450,000 metric tons, posing a nationwide economic and food crisis. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Born to Drown? Floods, climate extremes, and a call for action from Madhesh</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vuyasi Rajbhandari]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chure hills]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Lal Bakaiya River in Nepal’s Madhesh Province is no stranger to floods, as rising riverbeds, degraded Chure hills, and unplanned development turn monsoon rains into prolonged disasters. ICIMOD is strengthening local resilience through Community-Based Early Flood Warning Systems (CBFEWS) and innovative gamification of preparedness training, making life-saving knowledge accessible and engaging for all. Combined with integrated watershed management efforts, these initiatives aim to tackle the region’s ‘Too Much Too Little’ water crisis and break the cycle of recurring floods.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Journal of a climate scientist: a chance encounter with a Himalayan Marmot and permafrost nexus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonam Wangchuk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Marmots spend most of the winter hibernating in their burrows, which need to remain dry and insulated from extreme cold and frozen ground. This behaviour suggests several possible relationships between marmots and permafrost.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hotter, wetter summer monsoon forecast underscores urgency of early warnings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sunipa Das Gupta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With wetter and hotter extremes, and looming threat of intensifying disasters, HKH needs impact-based early warning systems]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Building resilience: Tackling multi-hazard risks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya and beyond</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Manish Shrestha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 05:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From fishermen risking their lives at sea, to farmers fearing the loss of their land and homes, to entire villages grappling with the long-term economic and psychological toll of recurring disasters – cyclones continue to reshape the daily realities of communities in Bangladesh.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marching towards multi-hazard risks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Manish Shrestha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 08:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With climate change accelerating, disasters are no longer isolated events across the globe. In the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How can scientific cooperation support resilient hydropower development in the HKH region?</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/cryosphere-water-risks/how-can-scientific-cooperation-support-resilient-hydropower-development-in-the-hkh-region/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rongkun Liu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, with its towering peaks and dynamic landscapes, presents both opportunities and challenges for hydropower development.]]></description>
		
		
		
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