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Seat at the table, and demonstrates that by working together, we can build a brighter future for all of us. >> so, the impact of climate change as you well know extends far beyond our borders. in europe, landlocked switzerland has been warming at twice the normal rate across the world famous alps, glaciers are melting fast and 500 are gone forever. keir simmons takes a look. >> reporter: across europe's world famous mountain range, glaciers are in retreat, 500 gone forever. lake the rhone, an 11,000-year-old avalanche of ice now shrinking dramatically. in the past ten years, 20% of the alps' s...

- what're we doing? - i don't know. . this morning a startling look at the devastating effects of climate change, switzerland has been warming at twice the global rate across the world famous alps, glaciers are melting fast, 500 are gone permanently. keir simmons joins us live. what's it like? >> reporter: hi steph, spectacular to be live on msnbc on the top of a mountain in the swiss alps, the roane glacier is beautiful. it is also under threat. you should be able to see in the water pieces of the ice breaking off, but it's not just that, steph. if i walk this way and show you, these rocks ...