#14: Dr David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD

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Dr David Molden is Director General of ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development), an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the mountains and the people of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region. He has been instrumental in the development Hindu Kush Himalayan Assessment, an IPCC like assessment that lays out policy options for sustainable development in the region. He is now formulating the HKH Science Policy-Forum to bring countries together to jointly address issues of mountain environments, livelihoods and regional cooperation.

In this podcast, Dr Molden talks about the role of ICIMOD, the Hindu Kush Himalayan assessment report, the challenges the Hindu Kush mountain region faces and his vision of a climate resilient future.

Notes –

01:04 – Dr Molden’s starting point on his climate change journey

10:04 – Role of ICIMOD

14:38 – Hindu Kush Himalayan Region feeding into future policy

16:39 – Examples of ICIMOD’s impact

23:37 – Nepali government’s policies about climate change

25:22 – Expectations about COP26

27:19 – Climate change narrative being presented by the media

29:36 – Informed climate activism

30:59 – Tackling climate change

34:05 – Call to action