Changing glaciers and hydrology in Asia: addressing vulnerabilities to glacier melt impacts
USAID recognizes the need to proactively address the implications of glacier melt, including the drivers of the process and the factors that may impede adaptation. This report provides approaches to vulnerabilities associated with glacier melt and ways to strengthen the ability of countries and their communities to adapt to potential reductions in water and food supplies, changing ecosystems and land-use patterns, and increasing disasters.