'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.'
A team of international scientists based in Nepal warned Tuesday that glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya are melting at an accelerated rate and could lose up to 80% of their volume by century's end if ambitious action isn't taken to slash planet-warming emissions.
'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.' Philippus Wester, a lead author of the new report, told AFP that the speed with which the Himalayan glaciers are warming is 'very worrying.
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