UN: Rate of glaciers melting 'off the charts'

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 23, 2023 12:03 am

GENEVA, Switzerland: The world's glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause, the United Nations reported on Friday, as climate change indicators once again hit record highs.

The last eight years have been the warmest ever recorded, while concentrations of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) hit new peaks, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.

ON THIN ICE World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas speaks during a news conference on the launch of his group’s annual climate overview report in the city of Geneva, western Switzerland on Friday, April 21, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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