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19 Dec 2023 | Global

COP28 spotlights key climate battle: Saving Himalayan ice

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From Afghanistan to China, vanishing glaciers risk floods and drought for billions

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Official data showed that since 1953’s Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest while over 300 have ...

2 Dec 2023 Global
Himalayas need help, COP28 talks must respond, says U.N. chief Antonio Guterres

Almost 240 million people depend on the glaciers and 10 major rivers, such as Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra, originating in ...

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2m face Glacial flooding in Pakistan

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