Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Consideration of mountain-relevant hazards in water policies Acknowledgement/identification of the issue No mention of the issue

Strategies to address the issue

Dominant regulatory authority

Main policy

Mountain-relevant climate hazards

Transboundary consideration Indigenous communities Cross-cutting considerations

Rising temperatures

Floods and flash floods

Heavy snow and cold extremes

Reduced snow cover

Droughts / low river flow

Land slides

Heat waves

Wild fires

Ecosystems degradation

GLOFs

Avalanches Glacial melting

Gender

Ministry of Energy andWater

Water Law 2009

Afghanistan

Ministry of Water Resources

National Water Policy 1999

Bangladesh

National Environment Commission

Bhutan

Water Policy 2007

The 13th Plan for the Reform on Water Resource Management 2016

Ministry of Water Resources

China

Ministry of Water Resources

National Water Policy 2012

India

National Water Resources Committee

National Water Policy 2014

Myanmar

Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation

National Water Plan 2005

Nepal

Ministry of Water Resources

National Water Policy 2018

Pakistan

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