ICIMOD Silver Jubilee Flag handed over to Dawa Steven Sherpa, leader, Eco Everest Expedition 2008 at Everest Base Camp

Dr. Andreas Schild, Director General of ICIMOD handed over the ICIMOD silver jubilee flag to Dawa Steven Sherpa, the leader of the climbing team, to be taken to the top of the world. The Eco Everest Expedition was conceived by Dawa Steven, whose personal near tragedy of an ice collapse in the Khumbu ice fall in 2007 led him to ICIMOD to seek some answers. His realization of the potential impact of climate change on the lives of his people in the Khumbu region was the birth of the Eco Everest Expedition 2008.

On the same occasion the ICIMOD Information Centre, and a repeat photography exhibition, 50 Years of Change - Glaciers, Landscapes, People and Resilience in the Mount Everest Region, Nepal was also opened at Everest Base Camp. The photographs demonstrate the changes in the climatic, cultural and physical landscape of the Khumbu over the past half century.

At the function Dr. Andreas Schild, Director General of ICIMOD, stressed the need for immediate action focusing on understanding the impacts of climate change, and finding ways to strengthen people's resilience and support adaptation.

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