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"Everest is the highest place in the world and the problems faced by this region are not only Nepal's but of the entire world," Dawa Steven Sherpa said. Climate change is affecting people and the environment around the globe and this is especially evident in the Himalayas. The greater Himalayan region has the largest concentration of snow and ice outside the two poles. Warming in the Himalayan region is greater than the global average. Although the Himalayan people contribute little to global warming, they experience some of the most severe impacts. (Source: ICIMOD)

No one is keeping an eye on the glacial lakes. Environmentalists are warning that the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas could spell disaster for millions of people living in the region. They claim the situation is not being adequately monitored; the last studies having been done in the 1990s. Swelling glacial lakes would increase the risk of catastrophic flooding.

Glaciers flowing down from Annapurna I

There are 3,300 glaciers in the Nepalese Himalayas and 2,300 of them contain glacial lakes. These lakes are quietly growing due to a warmer climate, but no one is keeping a close eye on them, environmentalists say.

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