🚨 UN WARNS EARTH’S FROZEN REGIONS FACE IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE BEYOND 1.5°C PARIS, FRANCE - Glacier retreat and the possibility of surpassing the 1.5°C threshold are no longer separate discussions. One is increasingly becoming evidence that the other is approaching. The reports shift attention from annual temperature records to physical changes that can outlast political cycles and emissions targets by generations. Once ice sheets, mountain glaciers and permafrost pass certain thresholds, the timeline for recovery moves from years into centuries, while the costs arrive much sooner through flooding, water shortages and coastal adaptation. That creates a growing mismatch between how slowly climate systems recover and how quickly societies must respond. The practical consequence is that future climate policy will be judged less by long-term pledges and more by whether it prevents additional ice loss in this decade, when the window for avoiding the most durable damage remains open. Writer: Kris