“We want to have a CO2 neutral Switzerland from 2050,” Degiacomi told CNN. “We want to decarbonize the country.”In July, scientists memorialized the demise of Okjökull, the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change, with a plaque. A study released in June warned that Himalayan glaciers are melting at a dramatic rate — losing almost half a meter of ice each year since the start of this century due to global warming.
