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On International Mountain Day, we’re reminded that mountains sustain billions with water, culture, and biodiversity—yet remain hotspots of climate risk. Those who contributed least to the crisis are hit first, even as global commitments stall.
December 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
On International Mountain Day, we’re reminded that mountains sustain billions with water, culture, and biodiversity—yet remain hotspots of climate risk. Those who contributed least to the crisis are hit first, even as global commitments stall.
My first triathlon with barely any training, I showed up for the experience and it reminded me how powerful it is to say YES to something unfamiliar. XTERRA Begnas: 750m swim/14km bike/6km run,finished in 2h42m (6th among women). The real win was stepping outside my comfort zone. #Nepal
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My first triathlon with barely any training, I showed up for the experience and it reminded me how powerful it is to say YES to something unfamiliar. XTERRA Begnas: 750m swim/14km bike/6km run,finished in 2h42m (6th among women). The real win was stepping outside my comfort zone. #Nepal
A call to action: This piece urges leaders to rethink assumptions, centre people, and confront the climate crisis with bold, disruptive ideas. Progress never came from playing it safe and neither will climate solutions. #COP30 @icimod.bsky.social
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November 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A call to action: This piece urges leaders to rethink assumptions, centre people, and confront the climate crisis with bold, disruptive ideas. Progress never came from playing it safe and neither will climate solutions. #COP30 @icimod.bsky.social
www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
The Himalayas show us both beauty and fragility. Without smart planning, trails erode and communities bear the cost. But climate-resilient, people-centered tourism can protect landscapes and livelihoods. The future isn’t just about peaks, but shared prosperity and resilient trails. 🏔️
November 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Himalayas show us both beauty and fragility. Without smart planning, trails erode and communities bear the cost. But climate-resilient, people-centered tourism can protect landscapes and livelihoods. The future isn’t just about peaks, but shared prosperity and resilient trails. 🏔️
Last month at the Global Sustainability Alliance Annual Meeting… safeguarding glaciers in the #HKH is not optional - it’s foundational to the energy, food and water security and safety of 2 billion people living in and downstream of the mountains. @icimod.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Last month at the Global Sustainability Alliance Annual Meeting… safeguarding glaciers in the #HKH is not optional - it’s foundational to the energy, food and water security and safety of 2 billion people living in and downstream of the mountains. @icimod.bsky.social
Last night I joined NatGeo Young Explorer Rohit Giri for a night walk in Godawari forest. From snake eggs to frogs & mushrooms, the forest came alive in the dark. Every stream & pool sustains this life — a reminder this #WorldWaterWeek that water is biodiversity’s lifeline. @icimod.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Last night I joined NatGeo Young Explorer Rohit Giri for a night walk in Godawari forest. From snake eggs to frogs & mushrooms, the forest came alive in the dark. Every stream & pool sustains this life — a reminder this #WorldWaterWeek that water is biodiversity’s lifeline. @icimod.bsky.social
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honour living Indigenous knowledge - vital for climate resilience & biodiversity. As we embrace new tech incl. AI, we must amplify Indigenous voices as leaders & co-creators. At @icimod.bsky.social, we commit to walking this path in respect & partnership.
August 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honour living Indigenous knowledge - vital for climate resilience & biodiversity. As we embrace new tech incl. AI, we must amplify Indigenous voices as leaders & co-creators. At @icimod.bsky.social, we commit to walking this path in respect & partnership.
Honoured to welcome H.E. Md Shafiqur Rahman, the Ambassador of Bangladesh & team to @icimod.bsky.social. Grateful for Bangladesh’s commitment to climate action in the #HinduKushHimalaya. We’re working together to build resilience & improve lives in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. #ClimateAction
August 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Honoured to welcome H.E. Md Shafiqur Rahman, the Ambassador of Bangladesh & team to @icimod.bsky.social. Grateful for Bangladesh’s commitment to climate action in the #HinduKushHimalaya. We’re working together to build resilience & improve lives in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. #ClimateAction
Joined the 50km #KoraChallenge with @icimod.bsky.social colleagues last Saturday — 6,000+ riders across Nepal clocked 346,344km. 30°C heat, music, dancing, hidden corners of KTM — what a ride! Big thanks to our crew and organisers! 🚴♂️☀️ #Cycling #Kathmandu
July 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Joined the 50km #KoraChallenge with @icimod.bsky.social colleagues last Saturday — 6,000+ riders across Nepal clocked 346,344km. 30°C heat, music, dancing, hidden corners of KTM — what a ride! Big thanks to our crew and organisers! 🚴♂️☀️ #Cycling #Kathmandu
Our cryosphere is melting fast - the HKH is warming 2x faster, the Arctic nearly 4x.
@icimod.bsky.social & Arctic Circle will launch the 1st HKH-Arctic Youth Leadership Forum in Reykjavik.
Are you a youth climate leader ready to act? Apply now: lnkd.in/gR4twHp9
#ClimateAction
@icimod.bsky.social & Arctic Circle will launch the 1st HKH-Arctic Youth Leadership Forum in Reykjavik.
Are you a youth climate leader ready to act? Apply now: lnkd.in/gR4twHp9
#ClimateAction
July 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Our cryosphere is melting fast - the HKH is warming 2x faster, the Arctic nearly 4x.
@icimod.bsky.social & Arctic Circle will launch the 1st HKH-Arctic Youth Leadership Forum in Reykjavik.
Are you a youth climate leader ready to act? Apply now: lnkd.in/gR4twHp9
#ClimateAction
@icimod.bsky.social & Arctic Circle will launch the 1st HKH-Arctic Youth Leadership Forum in Reykjavik.
Are you a youth climate leader ready to act? Apply now: lnkd.in/gR4twHp9
#ClimateAction
🌍 ICIMOD is hiring!
Lead our £20M UK FCDO-funded CARA programme to build resilience in the Himalayas.
Work with ADB, UNDP, World Bank & more on:
✅ Climate policy
✅ Nature-based solutions
✅ Air quality
📅 Apply by 6 July
🔗 www.icimod.org/get-involved...
Lead our £20M UK FCDO-funded CARA programme to build resilience in the Himalayas.
Work with ADB, UNDP, World Bank & more on:
✅ Climate policy
✅ Nature-based solutions
✅ Air quality
📅 Apply by 6 July
🔗 www.icimod.org/get-involved...
June 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🌍 ICIMOD is hiring!
Lead our £20M UK FCDO-funded CARA programme to build resilience in the Himalayas.
Work with ADB, UNDP, World Bank & more on:
✅ Climate policy
✅ Nature-based solutions
✅ Air quality
📅 Apply by 6 July
🔗 www.icimod.org/get-involved...
Lead our £20M UK FCDO-funded CARA programme to build resilience in the Himalayas.
Work with ADB, UNDP, World Bank & more on:
✅ Climate policy
✅ Nature-based solutions
✅ Air quality
📅 Apply by 6 July
🔗 www.icimod.org/get-involved...
The cryosphere is in deepest crisis—but is anyone really listening? ❄️
Glaciers are vanishing, permafrost is thawing, and snow is disappearing. The alarm bells are deafening. Yet global action remains painfully slow. #Cryosphere #ClimateCrisis
Glaciers are vanishing, permafrost is thawing, and snow is disappearing. The alarm bells are deafening. Yet global action remains painfully slow. #Cryosphere #ClimateCrisis
June 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The cryosphere is in deepest crisis—but is anyone really listening? ❄️
Glaciers are vanishing, permafrost is thawing, and snow is disappearing. The alarm bells are deafening. Yet global action remains painfully slow. #Cryosphere #ClimateCrisis
Glaciers are vanishing, permafrost is thawing, and snow is disappearing. The alarm bells are deafening. Yet global action remains painfully slow. #Cryosphere #ClimateCrisis
Bangladesh is emerging as a regional hub of climate resilience. Through the GRACE project, @icimod.bsky.social deepens its commitment to locally-led solutions and regional learning. Honoured to share thoughts w/Daily Star News: www.thedailystar.net/environment/... @uncdf.bsky.social #ClimateAction
'Bangladesh has emerged as a key learning hub for regional climate resilience'
Says ICIMOD DDG Izabella Koziell marking World Environment Day
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June 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Bangladesh is emerging as a regional hub of climate resilience. Through the GRACE project, @icimod.bsky.social deepens its commitment to locally-led solutions and regional learning. Honoured to share thoughts w/Daily Star News: www.thedailystar.net/environment/... @uncdf.bsky.social #ClimateAction
Even remote Himalayan sites like Laya, Bhutan face plastic pollution. This #WorldEnvironmentDay2025, let’s #BeatPlasticPollution with local, mountain-led solutions. Grateful for @icimod.bsky.social work with
Clean Up Nepal for future ♻️🌏 blog.icimod.org/resilient-ec...
Clean Up Nepal for future ♻️🌏 blog.icimod.org/resilient-ec...
Beat plastic pollution: coming full circle with our trash in the high mountains
As tourism grows in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), waste management challenges are escalating. Across the HKH nearly 60% of mountain waste is biodegradable. But the rest? Often dumped by rivers or bur...
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June 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Even remote Himalayan sites like Laya, Bhutan face plastic pollution. This #WorldEnvironmentDay2025, let’s #BeatPlasticPollution with local, mountain-led solutions. Grateful for @icimod.bsky.social work with
Clean Up Nepal for future ♻️🌏 blog.icimod.org/resilient-ec...
Clean Up Nepal for future ♻️🌏 blog.icimod.org/resilient-ec...
Visited Tsekor, Bhutan, and saw how Rumex and rhododendron are overrunning pastures — a sharp reminder of why we must blend traditional knowledge(like cutting & controlled burning)with science to restore rangelands in a changing climate. @icimod.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Visited Tsekor, Bhutan, and saw how Rumex and rhododendron are overrunning pastures — a sharp reminder of why we must blend traditional knowledge(like cutting & controlled burning)with science to restore rangelands in a changing climate. @icimod.bsky.social
🌿 ICIMOD is hiring a Manager – Incentives for Environment and NbS! Help scale Nature-based Solutions across the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Based in Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵🌏
Apply now 👉 www.icimod.org/get-involved... @icimod.bsky.social #GreenJobs #NatureBasedSolutions #ICIMOD #Himalayas
Apply now 👉 www.icimod.org/get-involved... @icimod.bsky.social #GreenJobs #NatureBasedSolutions #ICIMOD #Himalayas
May 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
🌿 ICIMOD is hiring a Manager – Incentives for Environment and NbS! Help scale Nature-based Solutions across the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Based in Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵🌏
Apply now 👉 www.icimod.org/get-involved... @icimod.bsky.social #GreenJobs #NatureBasedSolutions #ICIMOD #Himalayas
Apply now 👉 www.icimod.org/get-involved... @icimod.bsky.social #GreenJobs #NatureBasedSolutions #ICIMOD #Himalayas
Gender remains a checkbox in climate policy—only 3% of climate finance reaches women. At the first #SagarmathaSambaad in Kathmandu, I called for true inclusion: it’s time to move from pledges to action. #ClimateJustice #GenderEquality @icimod.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Gender remains a checkbox in climate policy—only 3% of climate finance reaches women. At the first #SagarmathaSambaad in Kathmandu, I called for true inclusion: it’s time to move from pledges to action. #ClimateJustice #GenderEquality @icimod.bsky.social
Visited one of the first organic farms near Kathmandu & met Judith Conant Chase, who’s called Nepal home for 55+ yrs! Her work in organic farming, preserving traditional tools, & founding the Living Traditions Museum is deeply inspiring. Change starts with one person! #Nepal
May 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Visited one of the first organic farms near Kathmandu & met Judith Conant Chase, who’s called Nepal home for 55+ yrs! Her work in organic farming, preserving traditional tools, & founding the Living Traditions Museum is deeply inspiring. Change starts with one person! #Nepal
Glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalayas are retreating at alarming rates. The South Col Glacier in Everest has lost more than 180ft (54m) of thickness in the last 25 years, thinning 80 times faster than it first took the ice to form on the surface.
@icimod.bsky.social
#Everest #Glaciers #HKH
@icimod.bsky.social
#Everest #Glaciers #HKH
March 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalayas are retreating at alarming rates. The South Col Glacier in Everest has lost more than 180ft (54m) of thickness in the last 25 years, thinning 80 times faster than it first took the ice to form on the surface.
@icimod.bsky.social
#Everest #Glaciers #HKH
@icimod.bsky.social
#Everest #Glaciers #HKH
Did you know today is the first ever World Day of Glaciers! Thanks @unesco.org for hosting us. #Glaciers #WorldGlacierDay #IYGP2025 #IYGP #Paris
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Did you know today is the first ever World Day of Glaciers! Thanks @unesco.org for hosting us. #Glaciers #WorldGlacierDay #IYGP2025 #IYGP #Paris
On March 8, we celebrate women’s achievements and reflect on the challenges that remain. Much needs to be done. Here are my Nine Power Moves for Women’ #IWD2025 #IWD #AccelerateAction blog.icimod.org/directorate/...
Nine Power Moves for Women on ‘Our Day’ - ICIMOD Blog
Today is a day to celebrate the success of women and our journey towards gender equality. However, it is also a day to reflect. Despite significant progress,
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March 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
On March 8, we celebrate women’s achievements and reflect on the challenges that remain. Much needs to be done. Here are my Nine Power Moves for Women’ #IWD2025 #IWD #AccelerateAction blog.icimod.org/directorate/...
💡Opportunity to be an author on the upcoming @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2
@icimod.bsky.social #biodiversity #nature
@icimod.bsky.social #biodiversity #nature
🌿Are you an interdisciplinary expert on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people?
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
February 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
💡Opportunity to be an author on the upcoming @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2
@icimod.bsky.social #biodiversity #nature
@icimod.bsky.social #biodiversity #nature
Collected 10kg of plastic in only 45 mins of my walk. I believe there are simple solutions but I wonder why they are not being implemented? Do we start by hearing from local stakeholders? Do we need signage and rubbish bins? What has worked in your community – I am keen to know! #Waste #Plastic
February 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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February 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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This report confirms what our science has long shown: that mountain countries are every bit as frontline to the devastating impacts of climate change as coastal communities and small island states. #ClimateCrisis @icimod.bsky.social
www.dawn.com/news/1891272
www.dawn.com/news/1891272
Pakistan ranked most vulnerable to climate change in 2022: Germanwatch
Report acknowledges COP29 failed to yield ambitious NCQG on climate finance, calls for greater support by high-emitting countries for most vulnerable nations.
www.dawn.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This report confirms what our science has long shown: that mountain countries are every bit as frontline to the devastating impacts of climate change as coastal communities and small island states. #ClimateCrisis @icimod.bsky.social
www.dawn.com/news/1891272
www.dawn.com/news/1891272