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Himalayan Climate Impact and Adap-
tation Assessment
Results of the two-year pilot assessment in the Hima-
laya were presented in the report
Local Responses to
Too Much and Too Little Water in the Greater Hima-
layan Region
. The work was coordinated by the Inter-
national Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
(ICIMOD), with partners from a range of institutions in
China, India, Pakistan and Nepal, supported by ex-
pertise from GRID-Arendal and CICERO.
High Mountain Glaciers
Together with theNorwegianPolar Institute, GRID-Aren-
dal organised the global conference “High Mountain
Glaciers and Challenges caused by Climate Change”
in Tromsø, Norway. Attendees included UNEP’s Depu-
ty Executive Director, Angela Cropper. A UNEP report
based on the conference is planned for 2010.
Angela Cropper’s speech from the conference:
www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?ArticleID=6261&DocumentID=591&l=en