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HIshyAWARE NEWS ANDNOTES OF INTEREST
The International Centre for Integrated MountainDevelopment (ICIMOD) has signed agreements withfive strategic partners ndash Megh Pyne Abhiyan (MPA)The Centre for Ecology Development and Research(CEDAR) The Mountain Institute (TMI)shyIndiaPractical ActionshySouth Asia Office and LEAD Pakistanndashfor collaboration under the HIshyAWARE projectProfiles of the partners
Toward that end Mr Eklavya Prasad ManagingTrustee MPA Dr Vishal Singh Fellow amp CoordinatorCEDAR Dr Ghanashyam Sharma ProgrammeManager TMI India Dr Gehendra Gurung Head ofDisaster Risk Reduction and Climate ChangeProgramme Practical Action South Asia Office MrBasharat Ahmad Saeed Coordinator for the ClimateChange Programme LEAD Pakistan have beenidentified as the focal points for their respectiveorganisations for collaboration with HIshyAWARE Profiles of the focal points
HIshyAWARE along with Megh Pyne Abhiyan (MPA) andthe Central University of South Bihar (CUSB)organised a roundtable dialogue on ldquoThe Agony ofRivers Floods in Biharrdquo on 3 September 2015 inPatna India to discuss floodshyrelated issues facingthe people living in the Gangetic plains Read MoreDownload the full report here
The Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)and the Bangladesh University of Engineering andTechnology (BUET) jointly organised a DECCMA andHIshyAWARE Joint Stakeholders Workshop on 7September 2015 in Dhaka Bangladesh to familiarisekey stakeholders about HIshyAWARE and DECCMA aswell as to discuss how they could engage withCARIAA in Bangladesh or the region Read More
As part of its commitment under Work Package 3 tostrengthen the expertise of young researchers from
MESSAGE FROM KS MURALISenior Programme Officer IDRC
HIshyAWARE is a pioneeringprogramme built to enhancethe climate resilience andadaptive capacity of the peopleliving in the Hindu KushHimalayan (HKH) regionInitiated in early 2014 theprogramme has made significant strides inadaptation research and in communicating themto the people who matter I am very pleased towrite this message for the eshybulletin whichcommunicates the success of HIshyAWARE acrossthe HKH region quite well
HIshyAWARE aims to understand the climatevulnerabilities faced by the people of the HKHregion and undertake problemshysolving research tocircumvent them Toward this end HIshyAWARE haspublished articles based on their research onglaciers dynamics in Nepal it is engaged withscientists at the South Asia level and it takes intoaccount the factors influencing the watershyenergyshyfood nexus it has explored social learningbehaviour in disastershyrelated managementoptions it is aiding participatory managementthrough geographical information systems and itseeks to incorporate local knowledge andinnovations on floods Interesting piecespertaining to these issues are available in thelsquoPublicationsrsquo section of the eshybulletin
HIshyAWARE emphasises engagement withpolicymakers and practitioners to refine theresearch agenda to make it more useful andmeaningful to the people A novel engagementstrategy for example was employed in Bihar tounderstand the agony of the statersquos floodshyaffectedpeople their knowledge and innovations On theother end of the spectrum in Bangladesh HIshyAWARE along with DECCMA engaged with
the region HIshyAWARE is currently supporting theresearch work of the following six PhD students
Bhuwan Thapa a Nepali national affiliatedwith the University of ArizonaDivya Sharma and Sudeshna Maya Senboth Indian nationals affiliated with TERIUniversityQurat Ul Ain Ahmad a Pakistani nationalaffiliated with Free University AmsterdamHassnain Shah a Pakistani nationalaffiliated with Wageningen University andSumit Vij an Indian national affiliated withWageningen University
Read their profiles
Participants affiliated with HIshyAWARE attended atraining on the installation and operation of varioushydroshymeteorological equipment from 3shy6 November2015 in the Netherlands The equipment will beinstalled in the upper reaches of the HIshyAWARE studybasins for highshyaltitude monitoring to gain a betterunderstanding of meteorological and hydrologicalprocesses in different parts of the Hindu KushHimalayan (HKH) region including how they areaffected by climate change Read More
PAST ISSUES OF THE EshyBULLETIN
First Issue of the HIshyAWARE BIshyMonthly EshyBulletin (As of August 2015)
policymakers researchers and adopters of climatechange adaptation measures to understand theirareas of concern ndash in order to address them in theCommon CARIAA research agenda HIshyAWARE isalso widening its reach by engaging with variousstrategic partners such as Practical Action inNepal Megh Pyne Abhiyan in Bihar India andCentre for Ecology Development and Research inDehradun India and The Mountain InstituteshyIndiain Gangtok India to enhance its presence locallyWellshydescribed snippets about these efforts canbe found in the ldquoHIshyAWARE Newsrdquo section of thiseshybulletin
The success of HIshyAWARE depends largely on thepeoplersquos experiences at the local level ldquoNotesfrom the Fieldrdquo carries such voices from the fieldas described by Tanya from The NetherlandsSangita and Ankita from Nepal and Naznin andAbu Syed from Bangladesh Tanya presents aphoto story on her teamrsquos heat measurementcampaign in an urban scale Sangita describes theclimate change impacts on the lives andlivelihoods of the people in Rasuwa Ankitaexplains existing ldquogapsrdquo in floodshyrelated watergovernance in Chitwan Nepal and Naznin andAbu Syed narrate the story of a Teesta Riverembankment resident Sabina Begum on theinsecurities poverty and hopelessness in KouniaBangladesh
The eshybulletin provides sufficient information toreaders who want to learn about HIshyAWARErsquoswork or understand its progress being made onvarious fronts I congratulate the team forbringing out a timely and informative bulletin thatprovides such information succinctly
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
During her field visit to the Upper Gandaki River basin in themountainous district of Rasuwa Nepal from 28 Septshy 1 Oct 2015Sangita Dandekhya from ICIMOD interacted with the locals in threeVillage Development Committees to learn about their perceptions ofclimate change and climate variability and their impacts on their livesand livelihoods Read More
Alterra in collaboration with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council(PARC) and the Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF)rolled out a trial phase of their indoor and outdoor heat measurementcampaign in Faisalabad Pakistan over a sixshyday period in July 2015The aim of the campaign is to explore what kinds of lowshycostinterventions can offer the best protection against heat to city dwellersin the region Read Tanya Singhrsquos photo story on the trial phaseof the campaign
Ankita Shrestha from ICIMOD writes about floodshyrelated water
governance in Chitwan Nepal based on her several visits to the area
highlighting a disconnect between the government and those living
along river banks including the marginalised Chepangs and
Dalits Read More
Zakia Naznin and Md Abu Syed from BCAS write about livelihoodchallenges in the Teesta River basin based on their interview withSabina Begum aged 65 who is from Balapara union of Kounia Upazilain Rangpur district of Bangladesh but lives on the Pinjorvangaembankment of the Teesta River amidst [in her own words]ldquoinsecurities poverty and hopelessnessrdquo Read More
PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
A peershyreviewed research paper entitled HighshyResolution Modelling Of Atmospheric Dynamics In TheNepalese Himalaya has been published in the Journal of Geophysical ResearchshyAtmospheres The study usedthe Weather Research and Forecasting model configured with high spatial resolution to understand seasonalpatterns of nearshysurface meteorological fields and precipitation processes in the Langtang catchment in the centralHimalaya Another peershyreviewed paper Impact of Debris Cover on Glacier Ablation and AtmospherendashGlacierFeedbacks in the Karakoram was published in the Cryosphere journal In this study supraglacial debris wasincluded in a highshyresolution interactively coupled atmospherendashglacier modeling system to investigateglaciological and meteorological changes that arise due to the presence of the debris Navarun Varma from TERI presented a paper entitled ldquoBlurring boundaries for seeking desirable and feasiblesolutions shy Use of social learning process in a context of Brahmaputra basin in Indiardquo at the 6th Conference of theInternational Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2015) in New Delhi on 28shy30 October 2015Read the abstract of the paper Md Arfanuzzamanrsquos opshyed piece focused on the Teesta Agreement entitled Facts Disputes and BangladeshrsquosGame Plan was carried by the Daily Star Workshop Proceedings of the Roundtable on The Agony Of Rivers Floods inBihar is an output of the roundtable of the same name organised by HIshyAWARE incollaboration with MPA and the Centre for Environmental Sciences of the Central Universityof South Bihar (CUSB) in Patna India on 3 September 2015
The paper Synergies Of Remote Sensing With Social Science Tools For
Participatory Management Of Natural Resources is based on a study undertaken in
the Himachari National Park (HNP) in Bangladesh that demonstrated the potentials and
importance of iterative and interactive use of geospatial and social science techniques and
tools in synergistic approaches for sustainable development and adaptation
Proceedings of the South Asia Regional Fulbright Alumni Workshop on the
WatershyEnergyshyFood Nexus 2015 is based on the workshop convened in Kathmandu
from 10ndash12 February 2015 which assembled 60 South Asian alumni of the Fulbright
Humphrey and International Visitors Leadership programmes along with 40 regional and
international experts to promote a shared understanding of water energy and food issues in
the region
UPCOMING EVENTS
TERIshyHIshyAWARE is organising a workshop on Water Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of theTeesta Basinrdquo on 26 November 2015 in Gangtok Sikkim India
TERIshyHIshyAWARE in collaboration with The Centre for Ecology Development and Research (CEDAR) is planning asimilar workshop on ldquoWater Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of the Upper Ganga Basinrdquo inTehri Uttrakhand India on 4 December 2015
As a part of HIshyAWARErsquos stakeholder engagement strategy ICIMOD together with Practical Action is organizing aoneshyday workshop on ldquoAdaptation to Climate Change Impacts in the Gandaki River Basin InfluencingPolicy amp Practicerdquo on 27 November 2015 in Chitwan Nepal
HIshyAWARE is planning to organise a Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Science (CCAPS) Conference in NewDelhi on 24shy25 February 2016 to be followed by a HIshyAWARE Steering Committee Meeting on 26 February 2016The aim of the conference is to initiate dialogue on lsquoclimate resilience and adaptation in the context of HKH riverbasinsrsquo HIshyAWARE is also organising a HIshyAWARE Academy in New Delhi from 27shy29 February and in Dehradunfrom 1shy6 March 2016 the main aim of which is to strengthen the expertise of HIshyAWAREshysupported studentresearchers to conduct and use research on climate vulnerabilities resilience and adaptation
ABOUT HIshyAWARE
The Himalayan Adaptation Water and Resilience (HIshyAWARE) Research Consortium conducts research and pilotinterventions capacity building and policy engagement on climate resilience and adaptation in the mountainshills and plains of the Indus Upper Ganga Gandaki and Teesta river basins The Consortium comprises theInternational Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) the Bangladesh Centre forAdvanced Studies (BCAS) Pakistan Agricultural Research Centre (PARC) The Energy and ResourcesInstitute (TERI)shyIndia and AlterrashyWageningen University and Research Centre (AlterrashyWUR)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to HIshyAWARE Knowledge Management and Communication (KMC) Focal Points ndash particularly PrasoonSingh TERIshyIndia Zakia Naznin BCASshyBangladesh Bilal Iqbal PARCshyPakistan and Hester Biemans AlterrashyNetherlands ndash for helping put this edition of the HIshyAWARE Bulletin together Thanks also to Anja RasmussenKMC Lead for HIshyAWARE for her advice and guidance shy Ed
HIshyAWARE is supported by the UKrsquos Department for International Development (DFID) and Canadarsquos InternationalDevelopment Research Centre (IDRC) through the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia(CARIAA)
Copyright 2015 ICIMOD All rights reserved
the region HIshyAWARE is currently supporting theresearch work of the following six PhD students
Bhuwan Thapa a Nepali national affiliatedwith the University of ArizonaDivya Sharma and Sudeshna Maya Senboth Indian nationals affiliated with TERIUniversityQurat Ul Ain Ahmad a Pakistani nationalaffiliated with Free University AmsterdamHassnain Shah a Pakistani nationalaffiliated with Wageningen University andSumit Vij an Indian national affiliated withWageningen University
Read their profiles
Participants affiliated with HIshyAWARE attended atraining on the installation and operation of varioushydroshymeteorological equipment from 3shy6 November2015 in the Netherlands The equipment will beinstalled in the upper reaches of the HIshyAWARE studybasins for highshyaltitude monitoring to gain a betterunderstanding of meteorological and hydrologicalprocesses in different parts of the Hindu KushHimalayan (HKH) region including how they areaffected by climate change Read More
PAST ISSUES OF THE EshyBULLETIN
First Issue of the HIshyAWARE BIshyMonthly EshyBulletin (As of August 2015)
policymakers researchers and adopters of climatechange adaptation measures to understand theirareas of concern ndash in order to address them in theCommon CARIAA research agenda HIshyAWARE isalso widening its reach by engaging with variousstrategic partners such as Practical Action inNepal Megh Pyne Abhiyan in Bihar India andCentre for Ecology Development and Research inDehradun India and The Mountain InstituteshyIndiain Gangtok India to enhance its presence locallyWellshydescribed snippets about these efforts canbe found in the ldquoHIshyAWARE Newsrdquo section of thiseshybulletin
The success of HIshyAWARE depends largely on thepeoplersquos experiences at the local level ldquoNotesfrom the Fieldrdquo carries such voices from the fieldas described by Tanya from The NetherlandsSangita and Ankita from Nepal and Naznin andAbu Syed from Bangladesh Tanya presents aphoto story on her teamrsquos heat measurementcampaign in an urban scale Sangita describes theclimate change impacts on the lives andlivelihoods of the people in Rasuwa Ankitaexplains existing ldquogapsrdquo in floodshyrelated watergovernance in Chitwan Nepal and Naznin andAbu Syed narrate the story of a Teesta Riverembankment resident Sabina Begum on theinsecurities poverty and hopelessness in KouniaBangladesh
The eshybulletin provides sufficient information toreaders who want to learn about HIshyAWARErsquoswork or understand its progress being made onvarious fronts I congratulate the team forbringing out a timely and informative bulletin thatprovides such information succinctly
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
During her field visit to the Upper Gandaki River basin in themountainous district of Rasuwa Nepal from 28 Septshy 1 Oct 2015Sangita Dandekhya from ICIMOD interacted with the locals in threeVillage Development Committees to learn about their perceptions ofclimate change and climate variability and their impacts on their livesand livelihoods Read More
Alterra in collaboration with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council(PARC) and the Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF)rolled out a trial phase of their indoor and outdoor heat measurementcampaign in Faisalabad Pakistan over a sixshyday period in July 2015The aim of the campaign is to explore what kinds of lowshycostinterventions can offer the best protection against heat to city dwellersin the region Read Tanya Singhrsquos photo story on the trial phaseof the campaign
Ankita Shrestha from ICIMOD writes about floodshyrelated water
governance in Chitwan Nepal based on her several visits to the area
highlighting a disconnect between the government and those living
along river banks including the marginalised Chepangs and
Dalits Read More
Zakia Naznin and Md Abu Syed from BCAS write about livelihoodchallenges in the Teesta River basin based on their interview withSabina Begum aged 65 who is from Balapara union of Kounia Upazilain Rangpur district of Bangladesh but lives on the Pinjorvangaembankment of the Teesta River amidst [in her own words]ldquoinsecurities poverty and hopelessnessrdquo Read More
PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
A peershyreviewed research paper entitled HighshyResolution Modelling Of Atmospheric Dynamics In TheNepalese Himalaya has been published in the Journal of Geophysical ResearchshyAtmospheres The study usedthe Weather Research and Forecasting model configured with high spatial resolution to understand seasonalpatterns of nearshysurface meteorological fields and precipitation processes in the Langtang catchment in the centralHimalaya Another peershyreviewed paper Impact of Debris Cover on Glacier Ablation and AtmospherendashGlacierFeedbacks in the Karakoram was published in the Cryosphere journal In this study supraglacial debris wasincluded in a highshyresolution interactively coupled atmospherendashglacier modeling system to investigateglaciological and meteorological changes that arise due to the presence of the debris Navarun Varma from TERI presented a paper entitled ldquoBlurring boundaries for seeking desirable and feasiblesolutions shy Use of social learning process in a context of Brahmaputra basin in Indiardquo at the 6th Conference of theInternational Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2015) in New Delhi on 28shy30 October 2015Read the abstract of the paper Md Arfanuzzamanrsquos opshyed piece focused on the Teesta Agreement entitled Facts Disputes and BangladeshrsquosGame Plan was carried by the Daily Star Workshop Proceedings of the Roundtable on The Agony Of Rivers Floods inBihar is an output of the roundtable of the same name organised by HIshyAWARE incollaboration with MPA and the Centre for Environmental Sciences of the Central Universityof South Bihar (CUSB) in Patna India on 3 September 2015
The paper Synergies Of Remote Sensing With Social Science Tools For
Participatory Management Of Natural Resources is based on a study undertaken in
the Himachari National Park (HNP) in Bangladesh that demonstrated the potentials and
importance of iterative and interactive use of geospatial and social science techniques and
tools in synergistic approaches for sustainable development and adaptation
Proceedings of the South Asia Regional Fulbright Alumni Workshop on the
WatershyEnergyshyFood Nexus 2015 is based on the workshop convened in Kathmandu
from 10ndash12 February 2015 which assembled 60 South Asian alumni of the Fulbright
Humphrey and International Visitors Leadership programmes along with 40 regional and
international experts to promote a shared understanding of water energy and food issues in
the region
UPCOMING EVENTS
TERIshyHIshyAWARE is organising a workshop on Water Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of theTeesta Basinrdquo on 26 November 2015 in Gangtok Sikkim India
TERIshyHIshyAWARE in collaboration with The Centre for Ecology Development and Research (CEDAR) is planning asimilar workshop on ldquoWater Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of the Upper Ganga Basinrdquo inTehri Uttrakhand India on 4 December 2015
As a part of HIshyAWARErsquos stakeholder engagement strategy ICIMOD together with Practical Action is organizing aoneshyday workshop on ldquoAdaptation to Climate Change Impacts in the Gandaki River Basin InfluencingPolicy amp Practicerdquo on 27 November 2015 in Chitwan Nepal
HIshyAWARE is planning to organise a Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Science (CCAPS) Conference in NewDelhi on 24shy25 February 2016 to be followed by a HIshyAWARE Steering Committee Meeting on 26 February 2016The aim of the conference is to initiate dialogue on lsquoclimate resilience and adaptation in the context of HKH riverbasinsrsquo HIshyAWARE is also organising a HIshyAWARE Academy in New Delhi from 27shy29 February and in Dehradunfrom 1shy6 March 2016 the main aim of which is to strengthen the expertise of HIshyAWAREshysupported studentresearchers to conduct and use research on climate vulnerabilities resilience and adaptation
ABOUT HIshyAWARE
The Himalayan Adaptation Water and Resilience (HIshyAWARE) Research Consortium conducts research and pilotinterventions capacity building and policy engagement on climate resilience and adaptation in the mountainshills and plains of the Indus Upper Ganga Gandaki and Teesta river basins The Consortium comprises theInternational Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) the Bangladesh Centre forAdvanced Studies (BCAS) Pakistan Agricultural Research Centre (PARC) The Energy and ResourcesInstitute (TERI)shyIndia and AlterrashyWageningen University and Research Centre (AlterrashyWUR)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to HIshyAWARE Knowledge Management and Communication (KMC) Focal Points ndash particularly PrasoonSingh TERIshyIndia Zakia Naznin BCASshyBangladesh Bilal Iqbal PARCshyPakistan and Hester Biemans AlterrashyNetherlands ndash for helping put this edition of the HIshyAWARE Bulletin together Thanks also to Anja RasmussenKMC Lead for HIshyAWARE for her advice and guidance shy Ed
HIshyAWARE is supported by the UKrsquos Department for International Development (DFID) and Canadarsquos InternationalDevelopment Research Centre (IDRC) through the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia(CARIAA)
Copyright 2015 ICIMOD All rights reserved
highlighting a disconnect between the government and those living
along river banks including the marginalised Chepangs and
Dalits Read More
Zakia Naznin and Md Abu Syed from BCAS write about livelihoodchallenges in the Teesta River basin based on their interview withSabina Begum aged 65 who is from Balapara union of Kounia Upazilain Rangpur district of Bangladesh but lives on the Pinjorvangaembankment of the Teesta River amidst [in her own words]ldquoinsecurities poverty and hopelessnessrdquo Read More
PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
A peershyreviewed research paper entitled HighshyResolution Modelling Of Atmospheric Dynamics In TheNepalese Himalaya has been published in the Journal of Geophysical ResearchshyAtmospheres The study usedthe Weather Research and Forecasting model configured with high spatial resolution to understand seasonalpatterns of nearshysurface meteorological fields and precipitation processes in the Langtang catchment in the centralHimalaya Another peershyreviewed paper Impact of Debris Cover on Glacier Ablation and AtmospherendashGlacierFeedbacks in the Karakoram was published in the Cryosphere journal In this study supraglacial debris wasincluded in a highshyresolution interactively coupled atmospherendashglacier modeling system to investigateglaciological and meteorological changes that arise due to the presence of the debris Navarun Varma from TERI presented a paper entitled ldquoBlurring boundaries for seeking desirable and feasiblesolutions shy Use of social learning process in a context of Brahmaputra basin in Indiardquo at the 6th Conference of theInternational Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2015) in New Delhi on 28shy30 October 2015Read the abstract of the paper Md Arfanuzzamanrsquos opshyed piece focused on the Teesta Agreement entitled Facts Disputes and BangladeshrsquosGame Plan was carried by the Daily Star Workshop Proceedings of the Roundtable on The Agony Of Rivers Floods inBihar is an output of the roundtable of the same name organised by HIshyAWARE incollaboration with MPA and the Centre for Environmental Sciences of the Central Universityof South Bihar (CUSB) in Patna India on 3 September 2015
The paper Synergies Of Remote Sensing With Social Science Tools For
Participatory Management Of Natural Resources is based on a study undertaken in
the Himachari National Park (HNP) in Bangladesh that demonstrated the potentials and
importance of iterative and interactive use of geospatial and social science techniques and
tools in synergistic approaches for sustainable development and adaptation
Proceedings of the South Asia Regional Fulbright Alumni Workshop on the
WatershyEnergyshyFood Nexus 2015 is based on the workshop convened in Kathmandu
from 10ndash12 February 2015 which assembled 60 South Asian alumni of the Fulbright
Humphrey and International Visitors Leadership programmes along with 40 regional and
international experts to promote a shared understanding of water energy and food issues in
the region
UPCOMING EVENTS
TERIshyHIshyAWARE is organising a workshop on Water Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of theTeesta Basinrdquo on 26 November 2015 in Gangtok Sikkim India
TERIshyHIshyAWARE in collaboration with The Centre for Ecology Development and Research (CEDAR) is planning asimilar workshop on ldquoWater Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of the Upper Ganga Basinrdquo inTehri Uttrakhand India on 4 December 2015
As a part of HIshyAWARErsquos stakeholder engagement strategy ICIMOD together with Practical Action is organizing aoneshyday workshop on ldquoAdaptation to Climate Change Impacts in the Gandaki River Basin InfluencingPolicy amp Practicerdquo on 27 November 2015 in Chitwan Nepal
HIshyAWARE is planning to organise a Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Science (CCAPS) Conference in NewDelhi on 24shy25 February 2016 to be followed by a HIshyAWARE Steering Committee Meeting on 26 February 2016The aim of the conference is to initiate dialogue on lsquoclimate resilience and adaptation in the context of HKH riverbasinsrsquo HIshyAWARE is also organising a HIshyAWARE Academy in New Delhi from 27shy29 February and in Dehradunfrom 1shy6 March 2016 the main aim of which is to strengthen the expertise of HIshyAWAREshysupported studentresearchers to conduct and use research on climate vulnerabilities resilience and adaptation
ABOUT HIshyAWARE
The Himalayan Adaptation Water and Resilience (HIshyAWARE) Research Consortium conducts research and pilotinterventions capacity building and policy engagement on climate resilience and adaptation in the mountainshills and plains of the Indus Upper Ganga Gandaki and Teesta river basins The Consortium comprises theInternational Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) the Bangladesh Centre forAdvanced Studies (BCAS) Pakistan Agricultural Research Centre (PARC) The Energy and ResourcesInstitute (TERI)shyIndia and AlterrashyWageningen University and Research Centre (AlterrashyWUR)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to HIshyAWARE Knowledge Management and Communication (KMC) Focal Points ndash particularly PrasoonSingh TERIshyIndia Zakia Naznin BCASshyBangladesh Bilal Iqbal PARCshyPakistan and Hester Biemans AlterrashyNetherlands ndash for helping put this edition of the HIshyAWARE Bulletin together Thanks also to Anja RasmussenKMC Lead for HIshyAWARE for her advice and guidance shy Ed
HIshyAWARE is supported by the UKrsquos Department for International Development (DFID) and Canadarsquos InternationalDevelopment Research Centre (IDRC) through the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia(CARIAA)
Copyright 2015 ICIMOD All rights reserved
TERIshyHIshyAWARE is organising a workshop on Water Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of theTeesta Basinrdquo on 26 November 2015 in Gangtok Sikkim India
TERIshyHIshyAWARE in collaboration with The Centre for Ecology Development and Research (CEDAR) is planning asimilar workshop on ldquoWater Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of the Upper Ganga Basinrdquo inTehri Uttrakhand India on 4 December 2015
As a part of HIshyAWARErsquos stakeholder engagement strategy ICIMOD together with Practical Action is organizing aoneshyday workshop on ldquoAdaptation to Climate Change Impacts in the Gandaki River Basin InfluencingPolicy amp Practicerdquo on 27 November 2015 in Chitwan Nepal
HIshyAWARE is planning to organise a Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Science (CCAPS) Conference in NewDelhi on 24shy25 February 2016 to be followed by a HIshyAWARE Steering Committee Meeting on 26 February 2016The aim of the conference is to initiate dialogue on lsquoclimate resilience and adaptation in the context of HKH riverbasinsrsquo HIshyAWARE is also organising a HIshyAWARE Academy in New Delhi from 27shy29 February and in Dehradunfrom 1shy6 March 2016 the main aim of which is to strengthen the expertise of HIshyAWAREshysupported studentresearchers to conduct and use research on climate vulnerabilities resilience and adaptation
ABOUT HIshyAWARE
The Himalayan Adaptation Water and Resilience (HIshyAWARE) Research Consortium conducts research and pilotinterventions capacity building and policy engagement on climate resilience and adaptation in the mountainshills and plains of the Indus Upper Ganga Gandaki and Teesta river basins The Consortium comprises theInternational Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) the Bangladesh Centre forAdvanced Studies (BCAS) Pakistan Agricultural Research Centre (PARC) The Energy and ResourcesInstitute (TERI)shyIndia and AlterrashyWageningen University and Research Centre (AlterrashyWUR)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to HIshyAWARE Knowledge Management and Communication (KMC) Focal Points ndash particularly PrasoonSingh TERIshyIndia Zakia Naznin BCASshyBangladesh Bilal Iqbal PARCshyPakistan and Hester Biemans AlterrashyNetherlands ndash for helping put this edition of the HIshyAWARE Bulletin together Thanks also to Anja RasmussenKMC Lead for HIshyAWARE for her advice and guidance shy Ed
HIshyAWARE is supported by the UKrsquos Department for International Development (DFID) and Canadarsquos InternationalDevelopment Research Centre (IDRC) through the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia(CARIAA)
Copyright 2015 ICIMOD All rights reserved
