{"id":20007104,"date":"2013-11-18T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T11:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/?p=7104"},"modified":"2020-10-01T20:38:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T15:08:59","slug":"himalayas-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/himalayas-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"On Thin Ice: How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/climatechange\">On Thin I<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/climatechange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7108\" src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/thin-ice-2.jpg\" alt=\"On thin ice - report about climate change effecting the cyrosphere\" width=\"89\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/climatechange\">ce: How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study by The World Bank and the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), says that more than a million premature deaths can be avoided annually in the Himalayan region from reducing emissions of soot (also called black carbon) and methane.<\/p>\n<p>The report provides an overview of how climate change is affecting the Himalayan cryosphere\u2014the regions\u2019 snow-capped mountain glaciers and vast permafrost \u2014and why it is so critical to slow the rate of change. 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