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in three decades time. unesco s tales carvalho resende is the report author. the last remaining glaciers in africa, like mount kilimanjaro. also some other iconic glaciers, such as the dolomites in italy as well as yosemite park in yellowstone in the united states. by 2100 around half of the glaciers in world heritage sites could disappear in a business as usual scenario. every year, world heritage glaciers are losing 58 billion tonnes of ice. this would present the water consumed in france and spain combined. also, this represents around 5% of global sea level rise.