The science is clear.
The cryosphere is changing fast.
The real question is whether politics and policy can move faster than the melt.
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That means impacts on: drinking water, agriculture, hydropower, mountain safety, drought resilience and coastal flooding worldwide
So, glacier loss is also an environmental justice issue.
Many communities facing the first and hardest impacts contributed least to the emissions driving the crisis.
Glaciers are more than ice.
They are freshwater reserves, river regulators, ecosystem supports, cultural heritage, and climate indicators.
When glaciers retreat, downstream risks increase.
One of the most alarming findings:
6 of the highest glacier-loss years on record happened in the last 7 years.
The trend is not stable. It is accelerating.
Since 1975, glaciers worldwide have lost:
9,583 ± 1,211 gigatonnes of mass
Equivalent to 26.4 ± 3.3 mm of sea-level rise.
This is cumulative, measurable, ongoing change.
That single year of glacier loss contributed:
1.1 ± 0.4 mm of global sea-level rise
One millimetre may sound small. Across global coastlines, it is not.
Glaciers are melting now. And faster than many people realize.
A new paper in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment reports that glaciers lost 408 ± 132 gigatonnes of ice in 2025 alone.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
What would a truly just transition look like to you?
The EU has a responsibility:
not just to lead the transition,
but to make sure it is fair, accountable, and just.
Because a transition that shifts the burden elsewhere is not a solution.
These badges got us into the European Parliament today.
We’re here to talk about the hidden side of the energy transition.
From Indonesia to Congo to Peru, the extraction of critical minerals is already impacting communities, water, and ecosystems.
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