The future of the third pole and the himsagar securing asia’s water, forests, and biodiversity future

The criticality of the Third Pole for the Asian region is well documented and equally well understood. Spanning the Hindu Kush Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, it is home to the largest reserves of freshwater outside the Arctic and Antarctic. It contains over 46,000 glaciers making it the third-largest ice reservoir on the planet