00:00Global terrestrial water storage has shown declining trends in 2014-2016.
00:07This is not a single bad year, but is a persistent decade-long signal.
00:13For the fourth consecutive year in 2025, every major glaciated region on Earth lost ice mass.
00:21Several regions with smaller glaciers, including the Alps, show signs of having passed peak water.
00:30This is the point at which glaciers can no longer contribute more melt water in a hot year because it
00:37has run out of ice to give.
00:39Traditionally, these slow reserves have acted as the planet's savings account,
00:45a buffer that absorbs bad years so that a single drought or a single dry season does not translate directly
00:53into a water crisis.
00:56One of the central stories of the 2025 report is what is happening to that savings account.
01:05And the simple answer is that we are depleting it.
01:09We are spending our reserves.
01:11Last year was one of the driest years for river discharge in 35 years.
01:16The past seven years have been abnormal river flows.
01:20Water-related extreme events continue to devastate communities and economies
01:25and are at the heart of the early warnings for all initiative championed by the UN Secretary General.
