KATHMANDU — Black carbon deposits coming from industries, vehicles, and cooking practices aggravate climate change’s adverse impacts to accelerate the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, and the Karakorum (HKHK) ranges, a new World Bank report has concluded.
As countries around the globe mark ‘World Environment Day’ on Saturday, the findings come as another warning for Nepal and other countries of the HKHK mountain ranges, where impacts of climate change are becoming more visible in recent years.
The HKHK region spans 2,400 kilometers across six nations—Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
The report, ‘Glaciers of t…
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