Volume 11, Issue 29, January - June, 2025

Impact of Climate Change in the Himalayan Region: Drivers, Implications, and Mitigations

Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

Department of Geography and Resource Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl – 796004, India

ABSTRACT

The impact of climate change in the Himalayan region is enormous. Along with anthropogenic global warming, the consequences of climate change in the Himalaya are enormous. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of climate change in the Himalayan region. It further analyses the drivers and implications of climate change and explores ways to mitigate its effects. In this paper, data were mainly gathered from the review of literature. Furthermore, observation method was employed to conduct this study as the author visited many parts of the Himalayan region. It was noticed that climate change has effected natural and cultural aspects simultaneously. High variability in rainfall and increase in temperature changed the warming pattern. This was resulted in snow melting, biodiversity loss, shifting of plant species towards the higher elevation, low yield from agriculture fields, and increasing extreme weather events. Sustainable use of natural resources including renewable ones, adopting a green economy, and minimizing physical consumption can reduce carbon emission and can mitigate climate change.

Keywords: Carbon emission; retreating glacier; ecological loss; declining agriculture; climate change; Central Himalaya

Climate Change, 2025, 11(29), e7cc3111

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v11i29.e7cc3111

Published: 12 June 2025