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World's major courts take growing role in climate fight
Environment 8 months ago

World's major courts take growing role in climate fight

Almost 3,000 climate cases have been filed up to the end of 2024, in nearly 60 countries, according to the Grantham Research Institute, using data compiled by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.
Life on thin ice: Switzerland’s glacier collapse rings global alarm
Environment 8 months ago

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Life on thin ice: Switzerland’s glacier collapse rings global alarm

While Switzerland has the capacity to monitor glacier hazards, many countries do not, including Indonesia, whose Carstensz Glacier in Papua is among the most at risk.
Indonesia backs global push to save glaciers
Archipelago 9 months ago

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Indonesia backs global push to save glaciers

As Papua’s Carstensz Pyramid snowcap melts, Indonesia calls for multilateral efforts to slow the pace of warming at the inaugural glaciers conference.
World's glacier mass shrank again in 2024, UN says
Environment 11 months ago

World's glacier mass shrank again in 2024, UN says

Five of the last six years have seen the most rapid glacier retreat on record, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.
Meltdown at the top of the world
Academia 1 year ago

Meltdown at the top of the world

The UN declaring the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation cannot come at a more opportune or critical juncture for the world to not just sit up and take notice, but to stand up, corral all available resources – knowledge, technology, finances – and take action to avert the disastrous effects of accelerating glacial melt in the 3,500 km-long Hindu Kush Himalaya region.
Kyrgyzstan opens rare probe into glacier destruction
Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Kyrgyzstan opens rare probe into glacier destruction

The glacial ice in the southern Osh region was destroyed when a private company "illegally built a road to a coal mine" in the area, allegedly in collusion with a state-owned firm, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers
Environment 1 year ago

Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers

Nepal is reeling from its worst flooding in decades after ferocious monsoon rains swelled rivers and inundated entire neighbourhoods in the capital Kathmandu, killing at least 236 people. 
Indonesia’s only glaciers melting faster amid climate crisis, El Niño
Society 2 years ago

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Indonesia’s only glaciers melting faster amid climate crisis, El Niño

Researchers found last year that the Puncak Jaya glaciers had shrunk to 0.23 square kilometers in total, equivalent to 32 soccer fields.
El Nino could doom Indonesia's rare tropical glaciers by 2026
Archipelago 2 years ago

El Nino could doom Indonesia's rare tropical glaciers by 2026

Indonesia, home to a third of the world's rainforest after Brazil and Congo, expects the dry season could run until October as El Nino increases the risk of forest fires and threatens supplies of clean water. 
Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate
Environment 3 years ago

Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate

Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday.
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