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UN Chief Guterres warns of Himalayan catastrophe due to rapid glacier melting, urges urgent action in ongoing climate talks.

Dubai: Warning of a potential catastrophe in the Himalayas where the glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on December 2 said the ongoing annual climate talks here must respond to the needs of the developing nations, especially the vulnerable mountain countries that need urgent help. Almost 240 million people depend on the glaciers and 10 major

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday said the ongoing annual climate talks in Dubai must respond to the needs of the developing nations, especially the vulnerable mountain countries that need urgent help.

Pakistan is among the world's most at-risk countries from glacial lake floods, with 800,000 people living within 15 kilometers of a glacier

Himalayan glaciers are on track to lose up to 75pc of their ice by the centurys end

By Charlotte Greenfield HUNZA, Pakistan (Reuters) - On the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza valley in Pakistan's mountainous far nor...

With 800,000 people living less than 15 kilometers from a glacier, Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable nations in the world to glacial lake floods. A project funded by the United Nations aims to assist populations downstream of melting glaciers.

Under increasing climate pressures in Northeast India, monks and monasteries safeguard local lakes and forests.

The Urgency of Limiting Climate Warming to 1.5°C to Save Our Ice Sheets - World Report Now

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