Bhutan

It takes only 42 days for the average Canadian to produce as much greenhouse gases as the average Bhutanese will produce over the course of the entire year.  Therefore, February 11th (42 days into the year) is "Climate Change Impacts in Bhutan Day."

“Climate change is impacting people, wildlife and habitats around the world.  The science is conclusive and the evidence abundant.  And nowhere else on Earth has more powerful, violent and heartbreaking visual evidence of climate change than the Eastern Himalayas.  Here among the water towers of Asia, catastrophic floods caused by climate change have already washed away villages, killed people and wreaked havoc on livelihoods and wildlife.  Sadly, more of these glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) will occur as climate change continues – and one such lake in Bhutan encapsulates the risks and impact of doing nothing.”

For more information on climate change impacts in Bhutan and the Thorthormi lake, continue reading WWF’s report, "The Cost of Climate Change: The Story of Thorthormi Glacial Lake in Bhutan".