RT Report
T1 High mountain glaciers and climate change: challenges to human livelihoods and adaptation
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 glacier
K1 climate change
K1 mountain ecosystem
K1 snow
K1 climate change adaptation
PB United Nations Environment Programme
SN 978-82-7701-087-8
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8101
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8101
NO Climate change is causing significant mass loss of glaciers in high mountains worldwide. Although glacier systems show a great amount of inherent complexity and variation, there are clear overall trends indicating global glacier recession, which is likely to accelerate in coming decades. Large gaps remain in our understanding and ability to model accurately the key processes and cause-effect relationships driving glacier response to climate change. In addition, a lot of data on glacier mass changes are not available to the public due to national interests concerning water supply.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026