It helps to have friends in high places. And it doesn’t get much higher than Everest.

The head of the United Nations took his climate change crusade to holy ground this week, urging the world to “stop the madness” of climate change.

Standing at the base of Mount Everest and the birthplace of Lord Buddha, Secretary General António Guterres warned “the rooftops of the world are caving in” as he warned of melting glaciers that threaten food and fresh water supplies around the globe.