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Impact of climate change: melting glaciers pose threat to over 1.6 billion people in South Asia [1]

Melting Himalayan glaciers and other climate change impacts pose a direct threat to the water and food security of more than 1.6 billion people in South Asia, according to preliminary findings of a new study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Publication Date: 
03/09/2009
Business Recorder (Pakistan) [2]
Tags:
Himalaya [3], Agriculture [4], Agricultural Research [5], Food Crops [6], Drinking Water Scarcity [7], Health Effects [8], Climate Change [9], Glacial Melt [10], Droughts [11], Floods [12], World Bank [13], Asian Development Bank (ADB) [14], Bangladesh [15], Nepal [16], Pakistan [17], India [18], South Asia [19]

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