Call for Applications: HI-AWARE Academy for Doctoral Students
20 Sep 2016
PhD Academy Results Country Name University and Country Bangladesh Salima Sultana Daisy Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh Sufia Khanom Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia India Rinan Shah Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment,
“Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Gandaki River Basin of Nepal: Putting Research into Use”
16 Sep 2016
The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, the source of ten large river systems of Asia, providing water and other ecosystem services to more than 210 million people living in the mountains and over1.3 billion downstream, is the “Water Towers of
HI-AWARE holds roundtable conference on Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems (FMIS)
15 Sep 2016
Nepal has a long history of irrigation water management by farmers where they take the sole responsibility of operating and maintaining irrigation systems. In the absence of strong government intervention in the past, farmer managed irrigation systems (FMIS) have slowly
Working towards Gender-Just Food and Nutrition Security in India
02 Sep 2016
The intersections between gender, food security and climate change are quickly emerging to be nascent issues in the adaptation debate. Even with an emphasis on gender neutral and progressive economic reforms across the developing world, women continue to remain the
HI-AWARE at the ’33rd International Geographical Congress’, 2016
29 Aug 2016
Amina Maharjan, agricultural economist, and migration specialist with HI-AWARE, participated in the 33rd ‘International Geographical Congress 2016’, held in Beijing between 21-25th August 2016. The conference, organized by the International Geographical Union, was attended by more than 5000 participants from
Heat Measurement Campaigns ongoing in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
10 Jun 2016
By Christian Siderius, Alterra-Wageningen University and Research Centre (Alterra-WUR) As a part of the heat measurement campaign being carried out by HI-AWARE, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has installed an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) at TERI University, New Delhi,
Piloting CFR houses: Engaging stakeholders in the study-site selection process in the Teesta flood plains
12 Apr 2016
By S M Tanvir Hassan, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) In recent years, people living in the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra (IGB) basins have been experiencing frequent floods. The floods affect their livelihoods and assets, including houses. It has
Coming Together: A Stakeholder Workshop on Developing the Criteria for Classifying and Assessing Climate Change Adaptation Options in the Gandaki River Basin
07 Apr 2016
Photo: Jitendra Bajracharya/ICIMOD On March 29, a group of scholars, researchers and scientists representing various national and international non-governmental organisations as well as government organisations from Nepal gathered together at Hotel Greenwich in Kupandole, Kathmandu, Nepal to discuss the Climate
HI-AWARE Academy for Students and Researchers
26 Mar 2016
HI-AWARE Academy facilitators and participantsPhoto: Jitendra Bajracharya/ICIMOD HI-AWARE organised an Academy from 27 February–4 March, 2016 in New Delhi and Dehradun, India, to strengthen the expertise of its researchers, including students, to conduct trans-disciplinary research on climate/social vulnerability, resilience and
HI-AWARE Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Science Conference Recommends Bridging a Divide between Science and Policy
25 Mar 2016
HI-AWARE conference participants posing for a group photo. (Photo: Jitendra Bajracharya/ICIMOD) The Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Science (CCAPS) Conference held in New Delhi, India from 24-25 February 2016 brought together over 100 participants—HI-AWARE consortium members, partners, scientists, student researchers,