{"id":30821,"date":"2025-10-31T16:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=30821"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:42:48","slug":"the-hindu-kush-himalaya-arctic-youth-leadership-forum-launched-in-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/the-hindu-kush-himalaya-arctic-youth-leadership-forum-launched-in-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Kush Himalaya-Arctic Youth Leadership Forum launched in Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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REYKJAV\u00cdK, ICELAND<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Climate and environmental change are having disproportionate negative effects on the world\u2019s young people, who keenly feel the impacts on their homes, cultures, and the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is especially felt by youth in two of the world\u2019s most climate-vulnerable regions: the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and the Arctic. In these regions, the cryosphere is rapidly disappearing \u2013 this includes glacier ice, snow, permafrost (frozen ground), lake, river, and sea ice \u2013 changing lives, livelihoods, biodiversity, and landscapes dramatically.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The HKH is warming at twice the global average, while the Arctic is warming nearly four times faster. At the heart of this crisis are the young people of these regions, yet they are underrepresented in global decision-making on climate change impacts and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognising the need for stronger collaboration and action, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Arctic Circle jointly launched the 2025 HKH-Arctic Youth Leadership Forum in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland, on 18 October 2025. This is the first cross-regional youth platform connecting the polar and the mountain voices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the 2025 Arctic Circle Assembly, ICIMOD Director General, Pema Gyamtsho, and Arctic Circle Chairman, \u00d3lafur Ragnar Gr\u00edmsson officially introduced six young people from the HKH countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, and six from the Arctic \u2013 Canada, Norway, and the United States as champions of the Hindu Kush Himalaya-Arctic Youth Leadership Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This forum will connect youth leaders from both regions to build solidarity, amplifying local and mountain youth voices towards co-creating sustainable and inclusive climate solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fight against climate change cannot be won by one region. Every region, every nation, must cooperate. Just winning the fight in one part of the world is not enough. All of us have to unite. And who is better to take this fight against climate change? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The youth. They have the time, they have the energy, they have the intelligence, they have the competence, the passion, and the enthusiasm. We have established the Hindu Kush Himalaya\u2013Arctic Youth Forum with that hope and aspiration. They already have the capacity, but we are giving them the platform, and the voice,\u201d said Pema Gyamtsho, ICIMOD Director General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have always emphasised very strongly at the Arctic Circle to have young people involved, and I think one of the unique features of the Arctic Circle is the extraordinary number of young people who take part. Now we are expanding this to a new level \u2013 bringing young people together from the Arctic and the Hindu Kush Himalaya regions. I hope that will be the beginning of a very active cooperation between the younger generation of these two very important regions of our planet,\u201d said \u00d3lafur Ragnar Gr\u00edmsson, Arctic Circle Chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through a one-year fellowship, 12 youth champions will build their knowledge, skills, and networks to lead from the frontline of the climate crisis, bringing local realities and experiences to global climate platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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