Themes of the summit

1. Ensuring food security and securing livelihoods.
2. Securing the natural freshwater systems of the Himalayas.
3. Securing biodiversity and ensuring its sustainable use.
4. Ensuring energy security and enhancing alternative technologies.

Outcomes of the summit

• Improve and sustain food production;
• Help vulnerable communities gain better access to nutrious food;
• Establish regional knowledge sharing and capacity building.

• Enhance practices that will minimize climate change induced disasters;
• Promote water efficiency and water efficient techniques - including modern and traditional methods;
• Increase knowledge sharing of climate change adaptation;
• Improve the regions understanding of the impacts of climate change on water resources.

• Create an interconnected mosaic of conservation spaces across the Eastern Himalayas;
• Ensure the sustainable use of biodiversity for poverty alleviation and income generation;
• Establish a regional mechanism for knowledge generation and sharing.

• Enhance access to affordable and reliable 'clean energy services for all';
• Promote diversification of energy supply and the use of cleaner energy resources;
• Improved regional connectivity for electricity and natural gas;
• Enhance energy efficiency;
• Mainstream climate resilience in energy systems.