Friday March 21st marked the first-ever World Day for Glaciers, bringing together global leaders, cryosphere scientists, and policymakers to address the urgent need for glacier preservation and water security in the face of climate change. This high-level event was held at UN Headquarters in New York alongside ongoing events and sessions in Paris. World Day for Glaciers is a cornerstone of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP) 2025. The UN-New York event, including several leading glaciologists and moderated in part by ICCI, served as a platform for dialogue and action regarding the state of the world’s glaciers and damage from their continued loss on water availability, food, and energy security. It underscored the impacts of glacier loss on people living in mountainous regions and downstream communities and ecosystems, and outlined the need for rapid emissions reductions as well as strategies for adapting to their accelerated melt.
Video recording: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10/k10vxfcrjx
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