The big melting world

Greenpeace China displayed 100 ice statues in Ditan park and let them melt in the sun to symbolise the accelerated melting of the Himalayan glaciers from climate change on August 28.

Each statue was individually handcrafted, some of the ice children were shielding their eyes with their hands, others had them crossed over their bellies.

It was surreal; 100 melting children with the sound of journalists' cameras clicking and the occasional squeal of delight as a human child stroked the icy surface of a statue.

An infant girl in a pink skirt and sandals tripped through the puddles.

These melting statues represent the melting glaciers in the Greater Himalayan region which are melting faster than ever before because of climate change. In 30 years, 80% of those glaciers will be gone and more than one billion people will be left without water to drink.

And without these glaciers more than one billion people will go thirsty.

Western scientists and Chinese scientists agree on the accelerated melting.

Video & Story: Greenpeace China