Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Consideration of mountain-relevant hazards in infrastructure/urban 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 Communications and IT

National Peace and Development Framework 2017-2021

Afghanistan

The National Integrated Multimodal Transport Policy 2013

Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges

Bangladesh

Ministry of Information and Communications Ministry of Economic Affairs

Transport 2040: Integrated Strategic Vision

Bhutan

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

Action Plan for Urban Adaptation to Climate Change 2016

China

National Urban Transport Policy 2014

Ministry of Urban Development

India

Ministry of Transport and Communications

National Transport Master Plan 2014

Myanmar

Rural Infrastructure Development Strategic

Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport

Nepal

Action Plan 2007-2010

Ministry of Communications

Pakistan

Vision 2025

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