MOUNTAIN DIALOGUES

MOUNTAIN DIALOGUES 

Lighting Up the Himalayas: When Adventure Creates Lasting Change

Speaker: Paras Loomba, Founder, Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE).  Recipient of UN Global Climate Action Award at COP26 and WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Award

Chair: Brigadier Ashok Abbey, a veteran mountaineer with over four and a half decades of climbing experience in the Great Ranges.

Can an expedition leave behind more than memories? This talk explores how Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) transformed adventure travel into a platform for creating lasting impact in some of India's most remote mountain communities. The speaker reflects on how adventure tourism can become a catalyst for climate action and inclusive rural development.

(Collaboration: Himalayan Club and the Himalayan Environment Trust)