(VOVWORLD) - As glaciers disappear at an alarming rate due to climate change, the UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.
Glacier in Gletsch, Switzerland (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
Co-facilitated by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Meteorological Organization, this global initiative seeks to unite efforts worldwide to protect these vital water sources, which provide freshwater to more than 2 billion people.
Glaciers and ice sheets hold around 70% of the world's freshwater and their rapid loss presents an urgent environmental and humanitarian crisis.