<p><em>“Reducing Short-Lived Climate-forcing Pollutants in the Himalaya region would be beneficial for hundreds of millions of citizens in the region, depending on the Himalaya for water, food production and hydropower”</em>, stated IASS Director <a href="/node/182">Prof. Mark Lawrence</a> in Warsaw, Poland, at the Side Event “Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in South Asia: Current Scientific knowledge and ways forward to develop tailored policy recommendations”.</p>