Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will have unpredictable consequences.
Two-thirds of all irrigated agriculture in the world is likely to be affected in some way by receding glaciers and dwindling snowfall in mountain regions, driven by the climate crisis, according to a Unesco report.
More than 1 billion people live in mountainous regions and, of those in developing countries, up to half are already experiencing food insecurity. That is likely to worsen, as food production in such regions is dependent on mountain waters, melting snow and glaciers, according to the World Water Development Report 2025.
Weren’t we all suppose to be drowning by 2011?
try buying flood insurance for homes in miami, new orleans, amsterdam, manhattan… tibet wont be drowning tho.
No?
That was always projected for 2101, 2011. But things start to get bad from 2050 on.
Quick poll: if your country would become inhabitable because of climate change, where’d you prefer to go?