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Mountain Voice for change that matters

29.05.2012

Over 200 delegates from Indian eleven mountain States at Gangtok in Sikkim deliberated on mountain issues related to water, livelihoods and Communities & forests of the Indian Himalayan region at the Indian Mountain Initiative summit II, held from 25 to 26 May 2012 at Gangtok, Sikkim in India. In his keynote address, the Director General of ICIMOD Kathmandu Nepal, Dr David Molden gave a presentation on mountain, climate change and rapidly diminishing hill bio-resources and energy generating capability. Dr Molden was of the view that mountains do offer solution to the issue of water scarcity. The vulnerability of hill people to floods and droughts can be reduced by early warning systems and generation of clean energy through hydro power can address the black carbon issue, he said. During the Summit, Climate Himalaya (CHI) launched its Mountain Voice project. ‘Mountain Voice’ is a media initiative that captures the experiences, thoughts and opinions of people, practitioners, policy makers and researchers on various climate linked issues in the Himalayan region of South Asia.

Visit “Mountain Voice” on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/climatehimalaya

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