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		<title>Enhanced Transparency Framework: Why it matters for climate action in the Hindu Kush Himalaya </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jigme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ETF]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Article 13 of the Paris Agreement established the ETF and builds on earlier efforts to make things more transparent and clearer, like the measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) arrangements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), where countries systematically track, report, and having their climate actions assessed to ensure progress towards their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The mountain agenda climbs new heights in global climate assessments</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/global-advocacy/the-mountain-agenda-climbs-new-heights-in-global-climate-assessments/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bhupesh Adhikary]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 08:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This blog provides an overview of the work delivered and participated in by Hindu Kush Himalaya countries and ICIMOD in pushing the mountain agenda in the upcoming assessment report of the IPCC. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Resetting relations with Earth: United Nations biodiversity conference restoring momentum for conservation and for mountains</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pradyumna J.B. Rana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will resume in Rome, Italy, next week. Delegates will work to reach consensus on issues left unresolved during last year’s sessions in Cali, Colombia. With hopes high and critical issues on the table, decisions made in Rome could redefine global biodiversity conservation in the face of accelerating environmental threats. ICIMOD’s dedicated team will be there to keep mountains high on the agenda. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Addressing interconnected challenges on biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate in the Hindu Kush Himalaya</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/global-advocacy/ipbes-nexus-assessment-icimod-reflections/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sunita Chaudhary]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As lead authors of the IPBES Nexus Report -  ‘Assessment Report on the Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health,’ ICIMOD’s Sunita Chaudhary, Biodiversity lead and Abid Hussain, Economies Lead, share eight critical points for addressing interconnected challenges on biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Global goal on adaptation: An opportunity to address current adaptation woes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/ecosystems-landscapes/global-goal-adaptation-opportunity-woes-in-the-hindu-kush-himalaya/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amina Maharjan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adaptation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SG2]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In order to adapt to the impacts of climate change, most countries in the region have developed National Adaptation Plans and Strategies and are now gearing up to implement them. ‘UAE-Belem work programme’ convened by UNFCCC is working on refining and developing indicators for measuring progress towards the Global Goal on adaptation in eight domains – water, food, health, ecosystems, infrastructure and human settlements, poverty and livelihoods, cultural heritage, and policy cycle.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mountains to climb: Reflections on a conference and a special volume</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/global-advocacy/mountains-to-climb-reflections-on-a-conference-and-a-special-volume/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nakul Chettri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A conference and a special publication capture the complex environmental challenges faced by the ecosystems of the Hindu Kush Himalaya, Andes, and Antarctica; they also bring to  the forefront an oft-neglected asset of the mountains: their microbial richness.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>HKH parliamentarians drive national policy in line with international multilateral environmental agreements</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/global-advocacy/hkh-parliamentarians-drive-national-policy-in-line-with-international-multilateral-environmental-agreements/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mona Sharma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 05:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), spanning eight countries and covering 3,500 km, is a critical [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Experts gather to forge common voice ahead of key meeting on mountains at SBSTA60</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/global-advocacy/experts-gather-to-forge-common-voice-ahead-of-key-meeting-on-mountains-at-sbsta60/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Dare]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 04:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[250 delegates from the worlds of diplomacy, development, academia, policy, civil society and media attended [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“If we get it right here we get it right for the rest of the world”</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/global-advocacy/if-we-get-it-right-here-we-get-it-right-for-the-rest-of-the-world/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saber Hossain Chowdhury]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 04:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mountains are the canary in the coalmine, says Bangladesh Minister for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury. The help we need from G20 economies is for leaders to decarbonize. For that we need people to demand they change course.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SBSTTA26: Covering a quarter of Earth’s land, and cradles and refuges for wildlife, but mountains have insufficient focus in global biodiversity processes, and next-to-no investment</title>
		<link>https://blog.icimod.org/global-advocacy/sbstta26-covering-a-quarter-of-earths-land-and-cradles-and-refuges-for-wildlife-but-mountains-have-insufficient-focus-in-global-biodiversity-processes-and-next-to-no-investment/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ICIMOD]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 08:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ICIMOD Senior Biodiversity Specialist&#160;Nakul Chettri is among 2,000 delegates from governments, observers, and civil society, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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