Sub-title:
Even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers, endangering 2 billion people
Description:
"At least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change, according to a landmark report, with serious consequences for almost 2 billion people.
Even if carbon emissions are dramatically and rapidly cut and succeed in limiting global warming to 1.5C, 36% of the glaciers along in the Hindu Kush and Himalaya range will have gone by 2100. If emissions are not cut, the loss soars to two-thirds, the report found.
The glaciers are a critical water store for the 250 million people who live in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region, and 1.65 billion people rely on the great rivers that flow from the peaks into India, Pakistan, China and other nations..."
Source/publisher:
"The Guardian"
Date of Publication:
2018-02-04
Date of entry:
2019-02-05
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Geographic coverage:
- Himalayas
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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Resource Type:
Newspaper article