Twenty-nine runners set off on a rare high-altitude race in Bhutan on Thursday to highlight the dangers of climate change to the Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between China and India, two of the world's biggest polluters. Bhutan, roughly the size of Switzerland, has forests covering 70% of its land, which absorb nearly three times more climate-changing emissions than the country produces a year. "The race is designed to raise awareness about climate change and its risks to our economy and the livelihood of the people," Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji told Reuters by telephone after flagging off the race in the northwestern town of Gasa. Organisers said the runners would take five days to complete the 203 km (126 miles) Snowman Race from Gasa to the northeastern town of Chamkhar a...
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