Recent symposium and workshop attended by Dr. Kayastha
Published Date: 2010-01-12, Tuesday
The Coordinator of the HiCCDRC Dr. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha
participated in the First International Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation
Strategies for Asia and the Pacific which was held on 23 and 24
November 2009
in . The symposium was organized by
the for Climate Change (KACCC), Korea
Environment Institute. He gave a talk on the “Climate change impacts,
adaptation and future needs in . The workshop was sponsored by the
UNEP and conducted by the . Dr. Kayastha gave a talk on the
“Changing Climate over Nepalese Himalayas and Impact on Glaciers.”
The workshop participants are of the opinion that the IPCC
conclusion that the Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2035 is not based on
scientific studies. The participants, however, wanted to emphasize that this
does not, in any way, reduce the need for mitigation of, and adaptation to,
climate change that has been initiated by the international community.
