COP26 Video of the Week: “Ministerial Dialogue to Scale Up Investment in Mountain Specific Climate Priorities” with ICIMOD

This session introduces “Mountains of Opportunity,” a new approach to scale up investment in mountain-specific climate priorities across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region by ICIMOD (the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development). This effort aims to help vulnerable communities mobilize resources in the face of snow and ice loss driven by rising global temperatures. […]

Higher Temperatures Increase Glacier Retreat and Quadruple the Number of Floods in Pakistan

News Briefing: 14 July 2022 More than thirty glacial lakes in the Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains of Pakistan are at risk of bursting and releasing several million cubic meters of water and debris. In May, a devastating glacial lake outburst flood rushed through the village of Hassanabad in Pakistan and swept away nearly […]

European Heatwaves Increase the Risk of Devastating Avalanches Across the Alps

News Briefing: 19 July 2022 Glaciologists are monitoring a new crack on the Marmolada Glacier that partially collapsed earlier this month, intensifying concerns that such unpredictable threats could become more frequent and widespread as heatwaves intensified this week across Europe. During the beginning of July, an ice shelf broke away from the Marmolada, producing an […]

Decline in Rocky Mountain Snowpack Threatens Future Water Resources in Western U.S.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 July 2022 Under a high emissions scenario, 80% of the water contained within the winter snowpack across the Rocky Mountains could disappear by the end of the century. Mountain snowpack is a natural reservoir of freshwater. As it melts throughout the spring and summer, it provides a […]

以往的山体滑坡会使冰川湖洪水强度增加两倍

Scientific Reports,2022年7月20日即使是山区规模较小的冰湖溃决洪水,也可能演变成巨大的泥石流,将巨石席卷到大片区域,而松散的沉积物会引发额外的山体滑坡。这项研究发现,这种泥石流会加剧未来此类洪水造成的损失和破坏。融化的冰川产生大型融水湖[...]

COP26 本周视频:“冰冻圈科学与适应性解决方案,以扩大对兴都库什喜马拉雅地区的气候行动” 联合国际综合山区发展中心

本次会议关注能够为印度河流域(HKH)地区提供应对冰川融化威胁所需速度和规模的气候行动的高影响力解决方案;并提出了加强山区社区和经济韧性的机会。该活动由国际综合山区发展中心(ICIMOD)组织,会议期间 […]

本周视频:联合国里斯本海洋大会

“极地海洋:全球海洋的引擎” 2022年6月
上周,联合国海洋大会 (UNOC) 的这场附属活动从海平面上升、冰川融化和海洋酸化等角度,描述了北极和南极水域正在发生的快速变化。北极和南大洋在全球海洋稳定性中发挥着至关重要的作用。

本周COP26视频:“提升适应行动:从阿尔卑斯山到安第斯山再到兴都库什喜马拉雅地区”,来自ICIMOD

本次COP26会议提供了关于所需气候行动的政策和青年视角;强调了决策者和研究人员如何合作,在全球范围内扩大山地社区的适应性解决方案。发言者强调了区域合作在保护和可持续山区发展方面的重要性。本次会议由国际综合山区发展中心(ICIMOD)组织,[...]