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SPCC, WWF Nepal launch ‘Swachya Sagarmatha’ to tackle waste in Everest Region
13 December 2025The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), in collaboration with WWF Nepal, has launched the Swachya Sagarmatha: Sustainable Waste Management for Clean Himalaya project, a three-year initiative aimed at strengthening waste and e-waste management systems in the Everest region.
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EnvironmentInternational Mountain Day: What the mountains teach us
11 December 2025I grew up believing that mountains are eternal. Their silence felt powerful, their glaciers unshakeable.
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EnvironmentExtreme heat driving fastest-growing disaster risk in Asia-Pacific
26 November 2025Extreme heat is the fastest-growing climate-related hazard reshaping disaster patterns across Asia and the Pacific, with projections showing potential economic losses could balloon to nearly US$500 billion by century's end, according to a UN report launched this week.
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EnvironmentEarly Warning System Assessment completed in Khumbu region
25 November 2025A comprehensive site assessment for an Early Warning System (EWS) in Thame and downstream settlements of Khumbu has been completed, marking a critical step toward strengthening glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) preparedness in the Everest region, the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) said.
