As Glaciers Melt, the World’s Hidden Water Banks Are at Risk By QU Dongyu Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

QU Dongyu is Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/as-glaciers-melt-the-worlds-hidden-water-banks-are-at-risk/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=A_Business_Necessity_Align_With_Nature_or_Risk_Collapse_IPBES_Report_Warns_As_Landmark_Treaty_Expire ROME, Feb 12 2026 (IPS) - Glaciers – the world’s hidden water banks – are a source of life for billions. The seasonal melt from mountains and glaciers sustains some of the world’s most important rivers, such as the Indus, the Nile, the Ganges and the Colorado. Those and other mountain-fed rivers irrigate crops, provide drinking water for nearly two billion people, and power electricity generation. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.