The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has launched the Hindu Kush Himalaya Regional Climate Action Transparency Hub. The launch builds on a three-year memorandum of understanding, establishing a dedicated platform for ICIMOD’s eight Regional Member Countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan. The hub aims to provide sustained capacity building and promote data and experience sharing across the region.

The hub is designed to enable participating countries to better support national decision-makers, investors, and stakeholders in accelerating mitigation and adaptation action and in implementing the Enhanced Transparency Framework, thereby building mutual trust and confidence.

The Hindu Kush Himalaya region, often known as the ‘Water Tower of Asia’ is at the forefront of climate change, experiencing faster warming than the global average, and increased and more extreme weather events including floods, droughts and intense rainfall, which impact the lives and livelihoods of billions.