#EyeOnClimate // Photo by
@CirilJazbec // National Geographic: “I have covered climate change stories from the rising sea levels of Kiribati to Greenland’s ice melt. I felt it was time to look for stories that emphasize our resilience and share solutions that inspire. I came across a brilliant local grassroots innovation, ice stupas, which solved a water problem for the mountain communities in Ladakh, India. These artificial mini-glaciers store winter meltwater and slowly release it for the growing season in early spring, when water is needed most. The people in Ladakh had always suffered from droughts, but the situation became more dire with the glacier retreat in recent decades.
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According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere, most glaciers in the world are shrinking—and their loss may be irreversible.
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In the lead up to
#COP25, the next
@UN meeting on
#climateaction, we’re highlighting climate solutions for nature, from...