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ICIMOD director general talks to Down To Earth about the first-ever assessment of climate change impacts on Hindu Kush Himalayan region and how the world should act. 
Rapid warming of the region leads to not only melting of glaciers but also fragmentation, says the area’s first-ever assessment. .png)
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