This is the climate crisis you haven’t heard of,” said Philippus Wester of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), who led the report. The study the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment, also finds that two-degree temperature rise could melt half of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region and will destabilize Asia’s rivers. The HKH region covers 3,500 kilometers across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. Its glaciers feed 10 of the world’s most important river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Mekong, and Irrawaddy. The comprehensive new study, the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment, is the first and most authoritative study of its kind of this mountain region.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 06, 2019 15:11 UTC