/ 9 November 2022

Africa will lose its few remaining glaciers by 2050

Glacier
Glaciers in a third of all World Heritage sites, including Africa’s last remaining glaciers, are “condemned to disappear by 2050”. (AFP)
Globally glaciers in World Heritage sites outside the polar ice sheets with areas less than 10km² may almost disappear

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