The Cryosphere Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is supported by the Government of Norway. It seeks to develop a concerted and coordinated regional scheme for monitoring, modelling and assessing the cryosphere in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region. Activities under the initiative are geared towards improving transboundary water resources management and expanding knowledge of glacier climate interactions, glaciers, permafrost, snow and hydrometeorology.