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Sagarmatha Dialogue speaker warns Nepal is losing glaciers, urges global climate action
Summary
At the Sagarmatha Dialogue in Nepal, an unidentified speaker warned that Nepal's glaciers have lost nearly one-third of their size over about 30 years and called for accelerated international action on climate finance, renewable energy and early warning systems to protect vulnerable communities.
An unidentified speaker addressing Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli at the Sagarmatha Dialogue in Nepal warned that the country’s glaciers are shrinking rapidly and urged nations to accelerate climate action and finance.
The speaker said Nepal has “lost close to one third of its size in just over 30 years,” and that glaciers have “melted 65% faster in the last decade than in the previous” decade. “The rooftops of the world are caving in,” the…
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