Kathmandu, Oct 29 (PTI) Climate and environmental change are having a disproportionate impact on the world’s young people, particularly those from the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and the Arctic, where the cryosphere is disappearing at an alarming rate, according to a new report released here on Wednesday.

Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in its report noted that while the HKH region is warming at twice the global average, the Arctic is heating nearly four times faster.

“In these regions (HKH and Arctic), the cryosphere is rapidly disappearing — this includes glacier ice, snow, permafrost (frozen ground), lakes, rivers, and sea ice –changing lives, livelihoods, biodiversity, and landscapes dramatically," it said.

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