Himalayan warming threatens India's economy.

What's at stake?

20%              Share of India's GDP underpinned by the Himalayas

21.5%           Estimated Himalayan-linked economic activity

                      64.8 lakh crore of India's FY24 GDP

18% share   of India's land occupied by the Himalayan region

35% share   of India's disasters occurring in the Himalayan region

0.1%            Share of the estimated 40,000 Himalayan glaciers 

                     currently monitored; only 16-17 are in India

40%             of Indians - Water security underpinned by Himalayan

                     glaciers, springsheds and forests

3mn              + Springs - Around half have dried up or become 

                      seasonal in the Indian Himalayas

75%              Growth in built-up area across the Hindu Kush 

                      Himalaya between 2000 and 2020, 1.7 times

                      population growth

400 mn         India Himalayan region recorded 400 million+ visits

                      in 2025, roughly eight times its resident population