Nepal, Feb. 5 -- Climate, community, and connectivity The Himalayan mountains are also known as the Third Pole because it is the largest repository of water stored as ice outside the two polar regions.

However, it is divided by political boundaries that nature does not recognise - be it the air pollutants that flow or migratory birds that fly over the peaks. The Himalaya is also a geopolitical and climate change hot spot.

In these geopolitically and environmentally challenging times, it becomes even more important to create oases of conversations, where candid and future-oriented discussions can take place at a people-to-people level. Platforms dominated by inter-governmental agencies have been able to do little.

The Himalayan Future F...