Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years: WMO
66% likelihood annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027 will be more than 1.5°C says World Meteorological Organization
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Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years: WMO
66% likelihood annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027 will be more than…
Nepal: Sherpa becomes 2nd person to scale Mt Everest 26 times
A Sherpa guide from Nepal has climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time, becoming only…
Biodiversity targets may be slipping out of reach: Study
In December almost 200 countries agreed to halt the decline in nature by the end…
India’s tiger population rises by 200 in four years
In 2002, India had a total tiger population of 3167 as against 2967 in 2018….
ICIMOD-UNCDF join hands for climate change action in Hindukush Himalaya
The temperature rises are already having devastating consequences on the environment and communities of the…
Air pollution causes 20% of premature deaths in Bangladesh: World Bank study
The report reveals that nine out of the world’s 10 cities with the worst air…
World
Biodiversity targets may be slipping out of reach: Study
In December almost 200 countries agreed to halt the decline in nature by the end…
Air pollution causes 20% of premature deaths in Bangladesh: World Bank study
The report reveals that nine out of the world’s 10 cities with the worst air…
‘Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all’
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Humanity is on thin ice that is melting fast
43,000 people have died last year in Somalia’s longest drought
A report by World Health Organisation says that half of the dead are children
Nevada mine-tipped Silicon Valley of Lithium-breaks ground amid indigenous opposition
Report Himalayas explains how a new Lithium mine project is going to boost America’s transition…
‘Nearing overshooting the internationally agreed limit of 1.5°C of global warming’ : UN Head
The 1.5 degree threshold, agreed in Paris almost eight years ago and measured against average…
India
Namibian Cheetah dies in Central India park from kidney disease
Officials say the feline was not keeping well since her arrival in India
Reflecting sunlight to cool down Earth not a permanent solution against climate change, warn scientists
Scientists from prominent institutions have said that the measure is not a solution to the…
WB ‘keen’ to invest $300 in India’s Himachal Pradesh
World bank has indicated to invest $ 300 million on Green Resilient Integrated Development Programme…
Opinion: ‘India’s budget allocation for green energy is a step in the right direction’
What Indian budget allocation for cleaner energy means for the country. A top health environmentalist…
Two Polish skiers killed in Kashmir Himalayas
Snow avalanche hit upper reaches of Gulmarg ski resort in India’s Kashmir region
12 cheetahs to be flown from South Africa to India next month
The introduction of South African Cheetahs into India has cone after a Memorandum of Understanding…
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Explained: Why are so many countries planting mangroves to fight climate change
Egypt and many other countries across the globe are planting mangroves. Report Himalayas explains how…
Explained: India’s First Ever Night Sky Sanctuary In Himalayas
To boost Astro-tourism, India to establish its first-night sky sanctuary in the Ladakh region in…
Explained: Cloudbursts and Can They Be Predicted?
In July this year, the Chief Minister of an Indian state termed the cloudbursts a…
Understading Ramsar site
On the 76th Independence of India, New Delhi announced that 11 more wetlands of the…
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Report Himalayas is an attempt to provide clear, incisive, informed and accurate news and analysis about the changing climate and weather patterns in the Himalayan region. Our reportage and analysis aims to look at how human interventions in the region and elsewhere have aggravated problems and introduced new ones.
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