The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has initiated a new program to facilitate the evaluation and management of climate and disaster risks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya regions of Bhutan and Nepal.

Source: https://kuenselonline.com/adb-to-support-climate-and-disaster-risk-assessment-in-bhutan-and-nepal/

The mountains of the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) and the highlands of Tibet in Central Asia form the largest snow-covered region outside the poles.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-12-air-pollution-reductions-pandemic-lockdown.html

This summer, if the permissions are finalized, the group will conduct a field test on a section of the six-square-mile Chhota Shigri Glacier, in the Hindu Kush region of the western Himalayas.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-control-of-nature/a-heat-shield-for-the-most-important-ice-on-earth