Wednesday, October 6, 2010

SERVIR-Himalaya launched

The chief of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Charles F. Bolden, along with Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Michael Yates, on Tuesday launched the SERVIR-Himalaya system in Nepal.

Addressing a youth symposium that is being organised by ICIMOD between October 1 and 6, the NASA chief said there is a need for technological advancement to help in the risk management, caused due to climate change and natural disasters in the region. “There is also a need to develop an economic growth strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change in the region,” he said. More details....