The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) works with its implementing partners to develop a coordinated scheme for field and remote sensing monitoring and modelling, and to assess the state and processes of the cryosphere in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Activities under this programme are also geared towards improving transboundary water resource management and expanding global knowledge of glaciers, glacial lakes, permafrost, snow, climate change impact, and hydrometeorology in the HKH.