(Paris Integrated Electric) UNESCO (UNESCO ) said that by 2050, up to one-third of glaciers in multiple world heritage sites around the world may disappear, and countries should take quick action to save the glaciers.
Explorer was in Clurn National Park, Canada in August, comparing the glacial terrain of the place in 1937 and present. (Teton Gravity Study)
UNESCO issued this call after conducting a study of 18,600 glaciers on 50 World Heritage Sites.
study found that since 2000, the global warming carbon emissions have caused these glaciers with a coverage area of 66,000 square kilometers to retreat rapidly.
By 2050, all world heritage sites in Africa, including the Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania and the glaciers in Mount Kenya will likely disappear.
Some glaciers may disappear within 30 years, as dolomites in the US Yellowstone and Yosemite National Park.
UNESCO said that glaciers lose 58 billion tons of ice each year, which is equivalent to the total annual water consumption of France and Spain. Nearly 5% of global sea level rises from glacier melting ice.
In the archive photo of May 1999, tourists are visiting the glaciers in the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, Yunnan, China. (AFP)
The organization said: "No matter how hard it is to limit the temperature rise, by 2050, one-third of the glaciers of the 50 World Heritage sites are destined to disappear... But if the global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius at the pre-industrial level, it is still possible to save the remaining two-thirds of the glaciers."
UNESCO Director-General Azulei said: "Only by rapidly reducing carbon emissions can glaciers and the special biodiversity that depend on them to survive."
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