Almost 1,400 Swiss glaciers remain, the most among European nations, but over 1,000 small glaciers have already melted.
ZURICH (AN) – Swiss glaciers lost 3% of their total ice volume in the latest hydrological year, marking the fourth-biggest annual decline on record.
The loss, driven by a combination of low winter snow and extreme summer heatwaves, saw glaciers shed an average of –1.6 metres water equivalent of ice mass, a figure substantially worse than the 2010−2020 average.
WMO's governing body expressed an urgent need to accelerate life-saving warnings and defend climate data integrity.
Amid a global assault on facts, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres spoke up for climate science and meteorology.
Greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise, locking in long-term climate risks as the natural carbon sinks faltered.
The meeting served as a global platform for nations to present their updated national climate plans for the next decade.
UNCTAD also launched a new platform to stabilize borrower nations and mobilize capital for a costly green transition.
WMO's governing body expressed an urgent need to accelerate life-saving warnings and defend climate data integrity.
The staggering reconstruction cost is compounded by an inability to deliver immediate, life-saving supplies.
The main outcome was the adoption of a declaration to uphold humanitarian norms and support humanitarian action.
