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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Binaj Gurubacharya

UN chief visits tallest mountains in Nepal and expresses alarm over their melting glaciers

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The U.N. chief said Tuesday after touring the highest peaks in Nepal that the world should end the fossil fuel age to curb what he says is a devastating level of melting of glaciers in the Himalayan mountains due to global warming.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed Nepal’s parliament after flying past Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, on Monday and touring the base camp of Mount Annapurna, the world's 10th highest, on Tuesday.

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