The devastating avalanche that occurred at the border between Nepal and Tibet at the end of August already accounts for more than a thousand deaths and at least 4,200 missing persons, igniting a global alert for mountainous regions in various parts of the world that are experiencing accelerated melting of their glaciers, including tourist cities in South America. The event still needs to be analyzed by scientists to prove to what extent it was caused by climate change.
Scientists point out that soot from air pollution accelerates glacier melting and may have contributed to the disaster in Nepal. Data released this year by Icimod (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) was mentioned in the article.
The disaster opened a debate about the issue of climate injustice, a concept that points to the inequality with which populations of poorer countries suffer the effects of the climate crisis, to which they contributed much less than the wealthier and more industrialized nations.
