COP27 Video of the Week: “A Message from Cryosphere 2022” with Svanndís Svavarsdóttir, Iceland’s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

This event summarized the key messages from the five-day conference “Cryosphere 2022: International Symposium on Ice, Snow, and Water in a Warming World,” that took place in Reykjavík last August. Members of the Icelandic Meteorological Office, WMO, Icelandic Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate as well as participants from the symposium emphasized the importance of the cryosphere in the climate system. Presentations focused on pathways that help prevent global impacts resulting from the melting of glaciers, ice sheet instability, and feedbacks due to reduction in Arctic sea ice cover. The panel discussion provided insights into policy and the challenges facing society due to cryosphere loss. Dr. Anna Hulda Ólafsdóttir, Head of the National Knowledge Centre on Climate Change and Adaptation (NKCCCA) at the Icelandic Met Office (IMO), moderated this event; with an opening by the Honorable Svanndís Svavarsdóttir, Iceland’s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. Presenters included Dr. Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, glaciologist at IMO; Dr. Karen Alley, Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS) at the University of Manitoba; Dr. John Pomeroy, Centre for Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan; Dr. Shawn Marshall, University of Calgary; Dagfinnur Sveinbjörnsson, Arctic Circle Emissary on the Third Pole, Climate and the Oceans for the Arctic Circle; and Dr. Johan Stander, Director of Services for the World Meteorological Organization. More information about Cryosphere 2022 can be found at: https://www.cryosphere2022.is/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQfReCPUNK0