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‘The Third Pole’: Impacts of Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau

The Third Pole presentation will highlight the effects of climate change in the Tibetan Plateau and in South Asia. The world’s largest glacier reserves other than the two Poles are on the Tibetan plateau. The accelerated melting of the glaciers is a serious threat to South Asia.

Published: September 16, 2010

When: Monday, 27. September 2010 13:00 – 15:00
To: Monday, 27. September 2010
Where: Geneva, Room XXIV, Palais des Nations, UN
Host: Society for Threatened Peoples, ECOSOC NGO

“Himalayan glaciers also feed into major Asian river system including the ganges, Indus, Mekong and yangtze. If glacial melt waters turn to a trickle, widespread droughts will threaten the 1.3 billion people that depend on water flowing in those rivers”- www.guardian.co.uk

Guest speaker at this side event will be Mr. tenzin Norbu, a Tibetan Environment expert.

The documentary ‘Meltdown in Tibet’ will be screened.

Refreshments will be served.

The Norwegian Tibet Committee and other NGOs will participate.

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