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Norway gives $12 million for adaptation and assessment in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas

09.12.2010

Norway will provide more than US$12 million over five-years to a consortium of partners led by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) to support a new programme in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas. Erik Solhem, Norway's Minister of the Environment and International Development, made the announcement at a press conference held at COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico. The ‘Hindu-Kush-Himalayas Climate Impact Adaptation and Assessment (HICIA)’ programme will run from 2011 to 2015, coordinated by ICIMOD with two Norwegian partners, CICERO and UNEP-Grid Arendal.
Dr Madhav Karki, Deputy Director General of ICIMOD thanked Norway “for this timely and generous support, which would make a strong contribution to filling the critical knowledge gap and building resilient Himalayan communities”.