Asia’s hidden ice risks: Disrupted trade, power production loss and sinking coastal capitals

Published on March 21, 2025

On the first World Glacier Day, experts urge Asia's businesses and policymakers to act this decade to slow glacier loss and ice melt, which remains “out of sight, out of mind” despite the region's extreme vulnerability to rising sea levels.

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