Dear Friends of the Cryosphere Pavilion and Cryosphere Capsule Readers!<\/p>\n
The COP29 Cryosphere Pavilion side event application process for COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan (Nov. 11-22) is now open! In Baku, we plan to again carry forward the cryosphere\u2019s message towards urgent ambition with another strong array of policy-relevant side events. Our assigned space this year will combine exhibit, side event and office space in a single consolidated Pavilion space in the Blue Zone, and is taking place in coordination with the Ambition on Melting Ice High-level Group Co-chairs Chile and Iceland.<\/p>\n
Breadth is strongly encouraged: scientists, Indigenous peoples, Youth and all those who participate in these side events help raise cryosphere impacts and the need for 1.5\u00b0C-consistent NDCs as we head for COP30 in Brazil next year. Baku is especially dependent on mountain water resources, with more than a quarter of its water supply coming from glaciers and snow; so we anticipate an especially strong focus on mountains this year.<\/p>\n
There is no charge from the Pavilion for side events, but we continue to seek funding and sponsorship from governments, IGOs, foundations, academic institutions and other stakeholders to ensure a fully inclusive breadth of representation and activities. Sponsors are invited to create wall posters, that then become part of the permanent Pavilion exhibit.<\/p>\n
The COP29 Pavilion will have a clear focus on the cryosphere message that even 1.5\u00b0C is too high for global cryosphere, and should be considered a dangerous limit to exceed, given increasingly clear research that even 2\u00b0C should be consider high-risk \u201covershoot territory\u201d rather than truly congruent with UN Framework Convention goals.<\/p>\n
Side event applications are welcome through Monday, September 2. For further details about the COP29 Cryosphere Pavilion application process, see the link below; this page will be updated as more information is received from the COP29 Presidency over coming weeks: https:\/\/iccinet.org\/cop29-cryosphere-pavilion\/<\/a><\/p>\n