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Meltdown in the Himalayas: The Politics of Climate Change
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Meltdown in the Himalayas: The Politics of Climate Change

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The Himalayas hold the largest ice mass outside the polar regions, and the film tracks how fast that is changing, with a third of the range's glaciers projected to vanish by the end of the century. That threatens water supplies for nearly two billion people across South Asia, and the film follows the fallout on the ground: the Siachen glacier dispute that has kept India and Pakistani troops facing off at the world's highest battlefield, and undercover footage of water thieves operating in Karachi as shortages bite. It also examines former Prime Minister Imran Khan's billion tree tsunami program, Pakistan's attempt to reverse deforestation and slow the damage. Along the way it introduces activists and residents trying to adapt, from farmers watching rivers shrink to officials weighing policy against political apathy. The film treats water, not temperature charts, as the real battleground of climate change in the region, showing how melting ice becomes a geopolitical flashpoint rather than an abstract future risk.