Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Consideration of mountain-relevant hazards in energy 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

Rural Renewable Energy Policy (final draft) 2013

Ministry of Energy andWater

Afghanistan

Energy Regulatory Commission

Renewable Energy Policy 2008

Bangladesh

Alternate Renewable Energy Policy 2013

Electricity Authority

Bhutan

Electricity Regulatory Commission

Energy Development Strategy Action Plan (2014-2020)

China

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

National Energy Policy (draft) 2017

India

National Energy Management Committee

Energy Master Plan 2015

Myanmar

Water and Energy Commission Secretariat

National Energy Strategy 2013

Nepal

National Electric Power Regulatory Authority

National Power Policy 2013

Pakistan

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