President Arce says Bolivia loses up to 42% of glaciers due to climate change
Due to climate change, a natural occurrence, Bolivia has lost up to 42 percent of glaciers in the last three decades and, therefore, an unquantifiable amount of water, Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora revealed on Wednesday.
“Bolivia is one of the countries that are most aware of the role it has as a State to try to organize the use of water (…) climate change has affected the country, which has lost, according to data, between 37 and 42 percent of tropical glaciers in 30 years,” he told state-owned Bolivia TV.
He said that this large percentage of melted glaciers also translates into water loss which, in his opinion, has not been able to recover all this time.
“That is why it is important to be aware that this climate crisis, we do not call it climate change, is resulting in that little by little there is less fresh water on the planet, and that should call our attention because, without it, there is no life,” he warned.
Arce expressed this concern in the framework of the II United Nations Water Conference being held in New York, United States, where he presented the Bolivian proposal with a dozen points aimed at reaffirming water as a human right and ensuring access to “clean and safe” water, guaranteeing the integrity of Mother Earth. Read More..
