<?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>Fri, 15 May 2026 20:22:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.himalayanwaterproject.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><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. 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