In a report published in June this year, scientists said global warming could cause glaciers in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya to lose up to 75 percent of their volume by the end of the century, leading to dangerous floods and water shortages for 240 million people. Is. mountainous terrain.
Climbers returning from Everest have said that the mountain is now dry and brown.
“Record temperatures mean record glacier melt. Nepal has lost almost a third of its ice in just 30 years,” said Guterres, who is on a four-day visit to the country.
He also urged countries to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius to prevent the “worst climate chaos”.
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