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		<title>Statement: High-Level Conference on Glacier Preservation, Dushanbe, Tajikistan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Izabella Koziell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Excellencies, distinguished delegates, colleagues, It is an honour to represent the International Centre for Integrated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nine Power Moves for Women on ‘Our Day’</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Izabella Koziell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is a day to celebrate the success of women and our journey towards gender [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A tale of two brothers revolutionising farming in Karnali: building sustainability, climate resilience and pride</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shivani Chemjong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the serene village of Sadhikhola in Surkhet district, two brothers, Chandra Bahadur GC and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Crisis in mountain cryosphere given unprecedented focus within critical global assembly</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shivani Chemjong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last month saw for the first time the Arctic Circle knit together Earth’s three polar [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In Memoriam: Professor Jack Ives (1931–2024)</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/directorate/in-memoriam-professor-jack-ives-1931-2024/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pema Gyamtsho]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is with profound respect and a deep sense of loss that we commemorate the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ICIMOD and UNESCO revive historic partnership for the Hindu Kush Himalaya</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Udayan Mishra]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 13 September 2024, ICIMOD and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bhutan Prime Minister opens ICIMOD&#039;s 55th Board of Governors meeting May 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Dare]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 08:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister of Bhutan, Lyonchen Tshering Tobgay, rolled out the red carpet for ICIMOD 55th Board Meeting earlier in May, with an invitation list that included senior officials from six of the organisation’s eight regional member countries, heads of mission from the embassies of Australia, USA, Finland, Norway, senior regional heads from four UN agencies, and distinguished guests from ICIMOD donor countries and governance system.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ICIMOD partners with the World Food Programme to strengthen food security in the mountains</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Udayan Mishra]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 07:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the impact of temperature rise on water availability set to compound already high levels of food insecurity in the region, ICIMOD has partnered with the World Food Programme (WFP) to protect vulnerable communities in the region. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why investing in women is so key to accelerating progress on climate and reversing biodiversity loss across the Hindu Kush Himalaya, and what ICIMOD is doing about it </title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/directorate/why-investing-in-women-is-so-key-to-accelerating-progress-on-climate-and-reversing-biodiversity-loss-across-the-hkh/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pema Gyamtsho]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 04:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is increasingly clear that failing to overcome gender injustice, as well as being morally wrong, is bad for your bottom line, no matter what your line of work.  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why bridging the gender divide in science is now mission-critical </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Izabella Koziell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At this all-hands-on-deck moment on the clock of the world, we urgently need more women in positions of power in science to drive change in our societies and industries.]]></description>
		
		
		
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