EVERY summer now seems to bring fresh warnings from Pakistan’s northern mountains. This week was no different, with the Met Office cautioning that warm temperatures and heavy rain could trigger glacial lake outburst floods. It is against this increasingly alarming backdrop that authorities in Gilgit-Baltistan, which is already experiencing flash floods, have moved to set up a Glaciers Protection Authority — a timely initiative. Climate change is an immediate threat to lives, livelihoods and water security. Our glaciers, among the largest outside the polar regions, feed river systems that irrigate farms, generate........

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