A new ICIMOD report highlights that seasonal snow cover in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region has reached its lowest in over two decades, continuing a four-year decline and threatening water security for two billion people across ten major Asian river basins.

A new report by ICIMOD reveals that the rate of glacier melting across the Hindu Kush Himalayas has doubled since 2000, highlighting the accelerating impact of climate change on the region.

Glaciers in the Himalayan mountains are melting at double the rate compared to the year 2000, according to research findings from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, Nepal.