The melting of Himalayan glaciers is a serious threat to the water security of millions of people in Asia.
“The glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalaya are a major component of the Earth system,” said Koziell. “We need leaders to act now to prevent catastrophe. There is still time to save this critical region, but only if fast and deep emissions cuts start now. Every increment of a degree of warming matters to glaciers here and to the hundreds of millions of people that depend on them.”
“Mountain communities are already living with the impacts of the accelerated melting of glaciers, changing snowfall patterns, growing variability in water availability, and increasing incidences of cryosphere-related hazards,” the report notes. “These changes have a direct impact on their lives and livelihoods.”that the speed with which the Himalayan glaciers are warming is “very worrying.”
Also on Monday, the World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Serviceshowing that the combination of below-average precipitation and scorching summer temperatures across Europe “contributed to the largest loss of glacial ice recorded in the European Alps” last year.
The ICIMOD study warns that even if global warming is kept between the Paris accord targets of 1.5°C and 2°C above preindustrial levels, the Himalayan glaciers “are expected to lose 30%-50 % of their volume by 2100 relative to 2015.”
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