Saving lives and infrastructures as glaciers melt

Building resilience is vital to minimise its impact in the Hindu Kush Himalayas.

Raging water disrupted life in Thame village—home to some of Nepal’s famed Sherpas—when a glacial lake in the Everest region burst its banks in August last year. The outburst wreaked havoc, damaging homes, farms, a school and a hydropower plant that provided electricity to local villages.