Climate change impacts and adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: summaries of selected studies from the Himalayan climate change adaptation programme

This publication is a collection of summaries of ten selected Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP) studies. The studies are published in scientific peer-reviewed journals or as working papers.

The selected studies exemplify the scientific and thematic scope of HICAP’s research and the various scales that HICAP’s research has covered – the regional, basin, sub-basin, local, and household levels. The studies complement each other and provide coherent and comprehensive information and knowledge on climate change impacts as well as identify adaptation actions that are needed for enhancing adaptation in the HKH. They also reflect the initiative’s methodological scope, ranging from mathematical climate modelling and remote sensing studies, to policy analysis, household surveys, and place-based ethnographic and participatory research methods.