Program News

Report Panel Discussion on Adapting to Climate Change and Water Resource Availability in the Ganges Basin Climate change is projected to have a short term and long term impact on the hydrological system. On the short term discharge of rivers in the north will increase due to the melting of snow and glaciers. On the long term the snow and glaciers will have melted for a great part and their contribution to the rivers’ flow will decrease,” says a HighNoon observation. With this background, a Panel Discussion, ‘Adapting to the Changing Climate and Water Resource Availability in Ganges Basin’ was organised on February 3 coinciding with the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2012.
Radiance Media Group, Monday 6 February 2012
Press announcement 2012/01: Regional collaboration on glaciers, snow melt and runoff in the Himalayas: identifying knowledge gaps and overcoming data availability limitations Scientists, government administrators, and donors working in the Himalayas will gather in Kathmandu, Nepal next week to improve regional knowledge and cooperation on climate change impacts on glaciers, snow and water resources. The workshop ‘Glaciers, Snow Melt and Runoff in the Himalayas’, organised by the HighNoon project, will be held on 6-7 February 2012 at the headquarters of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.
HighNoon Secretary, Thursday 2 February 2012
HighNoon Newsletter, issue 4 (January 2012) Editorial: The HighNoon project has entered its final phase. The interaction with stakeholders in the case study areas and other stakeholders receives much attention. In Allahabad and in the Kansabati Basin stakeholder workshops were organized at the district and community level to prioritize adaption options. The HighNoon Spring School is about to start to share and further discuss solved and unresolved climate change adaptation issues.
HighNoon Secretary, Tuesday 31 January 2012
Workshop (6-7 February 2012, Kathmandu) on Glaciers, Snow Melt and Runoff in the Himalayas (registration closed) This workshop aims at bringing together regional and international researchers, government administration and donor agencies to discuss the current state of cryospheric and glacio-hydrologic research in the wider Hindu Kush – Himalayan region.
HighNoon Secretary, Monday 16 January 2012
HighNoon Spring School on April 02-06, 2012, IITD India HighNoon is organising a Spring School on Adaptation to changing water resources and water demand with glacier retreat and changing monsoon precipitation and related science policy interaction. This Spring School will improve your knowledge on the climate change and socio economic changes, understand uncertainty and will also give you hands-on experience in participatory processes to develop adaptation measures.
HighNoon Secretary, Thursday 12 January 2012
GIS Indicator framework Work Package 5 developed a tool with GIS based indicators to evaluate the impacts of adaptation measures in northern India. The indicators are used to describe the current status of land and water resources and to assess the effectiveness of adaptation measures across scales and sectors.
HighNoon Secretary, Wednesday 11 January 2012
Roundtable discussion on bi- and multilateral Indo-European cooperation On Monday 28 November 2011 in New Delhi a roundtable discussion on Indo-European Cooperation on Climate Research and innovation was organised by the EU Delegation to India in cooperation with Department of International Development (DFID), UK and the EU's FP7 project "HighNoon". 35 participants from research, policy and donor organisations from the EU and India discussed state of the art, research gaps and innovations in the fields of climate science and adaptation to climate change.
HighNoon Secretary, Monday 19 December 2011
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General Climate news

Public-Private Partnerships to solve the climate crisis More cooperation between government and business is the only road ahead to save the climate, according to former UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer. He spoke at a Nordic Council seminar in Oslo on January 24, where he urged the Nordic countries to take the lead towards a global climate solution.
The Nordic Council, Tuesday 24 January 2012
Climate Balancing: sea-level rise vs. surface temperature change rates Engineering our way out of global climate warming may not be as easy as simply reducing the incoming solar energy. Designing the approach to control both sea level rise and rates of surface air temperature changes requires a balancing act to accommodate the diverging needs of different locations.
ScienceDaily.com, Wednesday 18 January 2012
UK Hydrological summary for December 2011 published - end of a remarkable year Meteorologically, 2011 was a remarkable year: it was the second warmest in the UK temperature record (from 1910) and was notable for extreme regional disparities in rainfall receipt – with continuing drought conditions in the English Lowlands contrasting dramatically with Scotland, which had its wettest year on record.
NERC - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Tuesday 17 January 2012
Managing private and public adaptation to climate change New research has found that individuals and the private sector have an important role to play in the provision of public policies to help society adapt to the impacts of climate change.
ScienceDaily.com, Friday 13 January 2012
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