No snow at Alps ski resorts in 20 years, report says

THE death knell has been sounded for many parts of the Alps as rising temperatures spell the end of snow.

According to a report on climate change being handed to European governments soon, snow will disappear from parts of the Alps in just 20 years.

The disturbing research by a leading global economic think-tank warns governments the effect of rising temperatures has seen the Alps experience warming at three times the average world rate. The 130-page report, the first of its kind, by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, assesses the economic impact of global warming on European leisure.