NEW DELHI – In a first, India seeks Pakistan and China collaboration tobetter gauge the impact of climate change on the Hindu Kush mountains,which includes the Himalayas, and spruce up data-gathering.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) will collaborate with meteorologicalagencies in China and Pakistan, among others, to provide climate forecastservices to countries in the region. IMD organised a workshop to discussways to establish a regional climate centre that will provide forecastingservices and climate analyses.
It will be under the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and take a fewyears to take shape, IMD Director-General M. Mohapatra said.
“The Hindu-Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region is considered the Third Pole [afterthe North and South Poles], and has significant implications for climate.However, data-gathering here is sparse.
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We are discussing a system whereby countries can share data and improveforecasts and predictions. The WMO proposal was to have nodal centres inIslamabad, Delhi and Beijing,” he said.
