At the workshop, organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) together with several other research organizations, researchers discussed ongoing research on emissions and air quality, aerosols and clouds, convection and chemistry, and the upper atmosphere. They discussed how aerosol pollutants affect monsoon clouds and rainfall, and how convective clouds in the monsoon transport pollutants to high altitudes where they have an impact on global climate. Researchers also discussed the complex role that black carbon and dust particles are playing in increased glacier and snow melting at high altitudes in the Himalayas.
“Through the knowledge gained from discussion and research taken forward after this meeting, we will be able to design more effective policy to address complex, transboundary atmospheric issues,” said Dr Rabindra Shakya, Vice-Chair of the Nepal National Planning Commission and Chief Guest at the workshop.
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