Independent economic intelligence for the Himalayan region.
Six governments manage the Himalayas' water, energy, trade, and infrastructure as separate national concerns. HEF exists because the system doesn't work that way — a flood upstream, a transmission line, a border closure all move through the same interconnected system, tracked nowhere together until now.
1.4B
People sustained by ten Himalayan rivers
6
Interconnected economies sharing the system
Six domains. One connected system.
Water and climate, energy, trade, infrastructure and capital, technology, and geoeconomics — each carrying a live indicator, its most recent intelligence, and its linked projects. Not a topic list. The actual system HEF observes.
Latest Intelligence
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Unlocking the trillion-dollar corridor
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Himalayas have the answer
Earth's Third Pole is Melting
The glaciers that feed 1.4 billion people are retreating — and the region's economic model still assumes they won't
GEC-II: Green Energy Corridor
The world's first high-capacity power corridor built above 4,700m in Ladakh
Middle East Escalation
Economic implications for energy, trade, and the Himalayan Belt (IHR)
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A year-round accountability mechanism, not a conference. Programme in development.
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