Climate change|The border between the states will probably move in the Alps near the Matterhorn mountain.
Italian and the border between Switzerland will change places in the Alps. This is reported by, among others, the British Broadcasting Company BBC.
The reason for the border change is that the glaciers are melting as a result of climate change.
Switzerland has already approved the agreement to change the border, but Italy’s approval is still awaited.
The exact border changes are to be announced after Italy has also signed the agreement.
So far it is known that the border will move in the Alps near the Matterhorn mountain.
Popular ski resorts and alpine villages such as Zermatt are located in the area.
A large part of the border between Italy and Switzerland is defined exactly according to the ridges of the glaciers. The melting of glaciers therefore shifts the location of such natural boundaries.
According to the BBC, it has been thought that reexamining the borders will clarify which country is responsible for the maintenance of the areas.
Statistics according to Switzerland’s glaciers are melting at breakneck speed.
For example, during 2022, the glaciers melted the most ever, the BBC says.
in Switzerland Glamos, a network that monitors glaciers, warned last year that some of the country’s glaciers are melting so fast that saving them is unlikely, the BBC reports.
If global warming is not slowed, it is possible that Switzerland’s largest glaciers could melt within a generation, experts have warned.
British newspaper of The Guardian according to experts have already stopped measuring some Swiss glaciers because there is nothing left of them.
Glaciers also melt in other parts of the world.
For example, Slovenia and Venezuela have lost all its glaciers. Entire glaciers have also melted in Iceland.
In September, the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation SVT said that one of the country’s glaciers has completely collapsed.
One of the most visible consequences of climate change is the melting of glaciers.
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