Call for Application: Himalayan Climate Boot Camp 2022 Applications are invited for a three-day Climate Journalism Boot Camp to be held in the Everest region on April 22-24, 2022. The workshop aims to impart nuanced science reporting skills for evidence-backed…
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Eight environment journalists from Nepal, India and Bangladesh will be part of an expedition to the Everest region to attend a climate change boot camp that will enable nuanced science reporting from the tough and underreported terrain. The journalists –…
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Science and environment journalists from Nepal, India and Bangladesh come back from a unique expedition to the Everest region that will result in nuanced science reporting from the tough and underreported terrain. Kathmandu- The Himalayan Climate Boot Camp (HCBC) held…
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By Zakir Hossain Chowdhury Climate change-induced melting glaciers at an alarming rate, threatening fragile ecosystems, vulnerable communities, and billions of people downstream who live in the rivers basin. Nearly 1.9 billion people living in the 10 river basins also benefit…
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By Gobinda Parasad Pokharel Subhra Priyadarshini, Mentor, Himalayan Climate Boot camp 2022. Subhra Priyadarshini is a science journalist of over 25 years and the Chief Editor of Nature India. She has worked as a journalist with major Indian dailies, India’s…
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The retreat means countries like Nepal and Bangladesh, which rely on these mountain water cycles, will have to adapt. Top: Research indicates that only 37 to 49 percent of the glacier mass in the Himalayas will remain by the end…
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By: Raihana Maqbool Yuvraj Basnot owns one kanal of land in Khumbu Pasanglhamu in the Everest region Nepal. Basnot grows potatoes and collard greens and runs a small restaurant in this village. Most of the dishes in the restaurant are…
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The Fate of World’s Highest Laboratory Hangs in the Balance Amidst International Haggling For 10 months a year, Kaji Bista lives inside a pyramid next to the world’s highest glacier. -Gobinda Pokharel Life is hard up here: Up in Nepal’s…
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A research facility halfway up Mount Everest is crucial for research on climate change and biodiversity. And it’s falling apart By Saugat Bolakhe Situated 16,600 feet above sea level and neighboring the Mount Everest base camp in Nepal, the Pyramid…
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Lack of coordination between central and local government is thwarting Nepal’s efforts to mitigate climate change and cope with its impacts Kushal Pokharel In 2015, in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, Nepal adopted a new Constitution and moved to…
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