We welcome your review and comments (before 28 July 2017) to our HIMAP Assessment on “Meeting Future Energy Needs in the Hindu Kush Himalaya”, available as Chapter 6 of HIMAP Assessment. Please upload your completed review to the Open Review Forum page on the HIMAP (http://hi-map.org/public_forum; Energy Chapter: https://hi-map.org/public_forum/FinalChapterReview/7).
Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal is one of the Coordinating Lead Authors of this Assessment.
What is Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) Assessment (http://hi-map.org/) HKH region is seen as ‘a data gap’ area, lacking consistent long-term monitoring in IPCC Assessments. IPCC reports calls for national, regional and global attention towards filling this data gap. HIMAP consolidates the existing data and the information, which are too fragmented and incomplete, to derive meaningful conclusions about trends and scenarios. HIMAP is an evidence-based assessment which brings together hundreds of scientists and policy experts. This assessment assesses the current state of knowledge of the HKH region, addresses critical data gaps and increase the understanding of various drivers of change and their impacts. Based on the assessment, HIMAP recommends a set of practically oriented policy recommendations.