<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Geopolitics and Ecology of Himalayan Water]]></title><description><![CDATA[Himalayan Water]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/features</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:13:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How on earth to finance Nepal’s disaster? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The question is not whether there will be more climate impacts. It is how we will finance resilience, pay for damage At 17, while backpacking through Nepal and teaching English in remote Himalayan communities, I saw the impacts of climate change firsthand. Soon after, a climate lawyer took me under his wing and introduced me to the foundations of climate finance and law. Over the past decade, I have worked at the intersection of climate activism and finance. In 2016, just after the Paris...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/how-on-earth-to-finance-nepal-s-disaster</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa65bc06233ad1f5765b913</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:16:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec5310_d925644f270c446b9a4d108b2ed0a256~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rastraraj Bhandari </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal disaster was a warning to fix its early-warning system]]></title><description><![CDATA[One phone call saved thousands of lives after river gauges were swept away on 26 August Going by the numbers Nepal uses to define danger, the flood of 26 August was unremarkable. At 8:40am on 26 August, the automatic gauge on the Bhote Kosi on Nepal’s border with China recorded the water level at 1.62m. It was low, and falling.  That was the last reading of the Rasuwagadi station. The wall of water coming down the Lhende Khola destroyed the equipment before the next reading was due. The gauge...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/nepal-disaster-was-a-warning-to-fix-its-early-warning-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa64fa45462f0629ba0a4c4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:26:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec5310_22f3a8ae7eea48209a0eec1f7f5baf2c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Devesh Belbase</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Islamabad: Nature's Urban Blueprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the heart of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, a green microcosm exists, showing how urban centers can strike a balance with nature while...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/green-islamabad-nature-s-urban-blueprint</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6666ff5d558b9012d953c7db</guid><category><![CDATA[Livelihood]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:43:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/87068d_be91e6160fa446258e97dfb9153eba71~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Simone Weichenrieder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journey Along the Panjnad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Magical. Beautiful. Serene. These were the words Vandana used to describe her childhood. In West Delhi, the street below our balcony...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/journey-along-the-panjnad</link><guid isPermaLink="false">652e75dd984a900ffe6e2ee9</guid><category><![CDATA[Geopolitics ]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:21:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/87068d_146bdf21211247318c896613006389b1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aashi Sethi</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make or break climate summits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Failure to meet emission targets adds urgency to the next two international conferences in Egypt and UAE. As we speak, world leaders have...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/make-or-break-climate-summits</link><guid isPermaLink="false">636f9c6b1a5be8f1cabe628c</guid><category><![CDATA[Geopolitics ]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_b67d1c085e1b4cefb1551a8ccce0bfed~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erica Wu </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[More monstrous monsoons]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the last week of August, a monster monsoon caused floods across Pakistan, impacting over 33 million people, killing at least 1,300,...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/more-monstrous-monsoons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6325643ea7234ca71476cc30</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2022 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_ca9a4267d25a4d9f8c4ced793ff7047e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nicole McCloskey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate change hits Himalayan rice]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is that time of the year again when farmers across the country are busy on flooded terraces, transplanting rice seedlings, sling mud,...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/climate-change-hits-himalayan-rice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62bd1582dd0710499731f6bc</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 03:29:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_aacf6e3bbf124da28a95242fdf464755~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erica Wu </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate Science For Mountain Communities]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report titled Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/climate-science-for-mountain-communities</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62a55756549873be9b0ad11f</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 03:05:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_4901001f29e24ebd824c1a36f3b2a2c0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rastraraj Bhandari </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here today, gone tomorrow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everest Base Camp sits on a glacier that is melting and on the move. It is now 50m lower than in 1953 when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/here-today-gone-tomorrow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">629ca5966503cdbc6aad536e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 12:48:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_fb55350e23324c4691167f2f19ebf0f6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rastraraj Bhandari </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is getting hotter on the roof of the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Tibetan Plateau is heating up faster than the global average due to climate change, and scientists say this will ultimately reduce...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/it-is-getting-hotter-on-the-roof-of-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">629ca20ac2d01089f146e03a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 12:42:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_0748689086f346ce92d9be57ded1f6a5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunda Dixit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters from Base Camp 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everest Base Camp is ever-changing. The weather, the comings and goings, new world records — and the ice beneath. The night is punctuated...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/letters-from-base-camp-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">629c86ba72993f5778a12e67</guid><category><![CDATA[Livelihood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Glacial Flooding ]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 10:43:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_bec5a3a9004a496d87d24b764a03a87f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eelum Dixit </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters from Everest Base Camp 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Film-maker sends a weekly diary as climbers begin to scale the highest mountain in the world]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/letters-from-everest-base-camp-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62860335893be275b7b593b2</guid><category><![CDATA[Livelihood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Glacial Flooding ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Water]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 08:57:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_f106e2f2d40941bbb8abb2ce8b996ab2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eelum Dixit </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watershed Management for River Basins in Nepal ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nepal’s Irrigation Masterplan 2019 conceptualizes large multipurpose river diversion projects in the Karnali, Narayani, and Koshi river...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/watershed-management-for-river-basins-in-nepal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">616db0bc876ae20016b28aba</guid><category><![CDATA[Water]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:03:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_caf3582e470147d5b60bceb160175661~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Prience Shrestha </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of a (Un)Holy River: An Exploration into the Sacred and Profane ]]></title><description><![CDATA["Even with all my filth, I am still considered holy. And, this family reveres my presence" (Irland, 2015). These were the words written...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/tales-of-a-un-holy-river-an-exploration-into-the-sacred-and-profane</link><guid isPermaLink="false">612b733bbdb274001682acb2</guid><category><![CDATA[Livelihood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Water]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:55:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eaa80_4db92699a013449a8f0ce52ddc255b01~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sitashma Thapa</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Receding Glaciers and Growing Ice Stupas]]></title><description><![CDATA[As glaciers recede in the Himalaya, communities in Ladakh, India are constructing their own glaciers, known as ice stupas, that can be as...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/receding-glaciers-and-growing-ice-stupas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60ec474fa18c0300168a984f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:38:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec5310_7fdef30ef668448481e7ee63e076bd43~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Raunak Shrestha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Policy Perspective on Water Management in Nepal: Interview with Madhav Belbase]]></title><description><![CDATA[Access to clean drinking water is a fundamental right in Nepal, but climate change, pollution, and lack of adequate infrastructure...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/a-policy-perspective-on-water-management-in-nepal-interview-with-madhav-belbase</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60e3b04948da0500158e4547</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:30:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec5310_8fd2ea11ddd6451bbef5b48998aaabbc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Killian Dumont &amp; Raunak Shrestha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manpower and Hydropower]]></title><description><![CDATA[This monsoon is a wake-up call. We ignore these moving mountains at our own peril. Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI For centuries, Nepalis have been...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/manpower-and-hydropower</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60d1e3523f718f0015891a66</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:27:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec5310_6d22c4dc6239463bab1a7ec03cb3e968~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunda Dixit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alarm Bells from Nanda Devi]]></title><description><![CDATA[It should not take a tragedy for the Himalaya to change its approach to mountain development. Yet every disaster that occurs is a...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/alarm-bells-from-nanda-devi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60373717cb7fb5002d75a853</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec5310_13cb88781e914d3aac2e478a4aed6308~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Killian Dumont &amp; Rastraraj Bhandari</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Himalayan tsunamis]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Nanda Devi glacial lake flood on 7 February is a warning for the rest of the Himalaya to be prepared The devastating collapse of the...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/more-himalayan-tsunamis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60237bb18878490018ad86ff</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:42:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec5310_627ec0174b424b7cbb1cb024eee46b33~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunda Dixit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sanctity of Water:]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Value of Indigenous Perspectives in Understanding and Preserving Water Resources in the Kathmandu Valley My great-grandfather was a...]]></description><link>https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/post/the-sanctity-of-water</link><guid isPermaLink="false">602372cffec05d00428d73c8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:05:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec5310_24e59bf45c7143368d7d406f64b73973~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bikhyat Shrestha</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>