The New Indian Express ·
Uttarakhand at climate crossroads amid retreating glaciers, GLOF and avalanche risks
DEHRADUN: The Social Development for Communities (SDC) Foundation on Saturday released a report warning that Uttarakhand faces mounting threats from retreating glaciers, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), avalanches and increasingly erratic extreme weather.
Titled “Uttarakhand at a Climate Crossroads — What Four Years of Disaster Reporting Tell Us About Glaciers, GLOFs and Avalanches,” the report was unveiled at the Press Club by SDC founder Anoop Nautiyal and Praveen Upreti.
Nautiyal expressed solidarity with Nepal and offered condolences to those affected by the recent disaster. He said Uttarakhand, another Himalayan state, shared Nepal’s fragile ecology and faced many of the same risks.
