Kathmandu, May 30 -- The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has raised alarm over the latest scientific projections showing devastating glacier loss even at 2degC of global warming, urging immediate and deep cuts in fossil fuel emissions to preserve South Asia's critical water sources.

ICIMOD highlighted findings from a new international study published in Science, which shows that the world is currently on track to warm by 2.7degC under existing climate policies. At that level, only 24% of global glacier mass would remain. The Hindu Kush Himalaya region - where glaciers sustain river basins relied upon by over two billion people - would retain merely 25% of its 2020 glacier volume at 2degC.

"These new pro...