UNESCO Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Climate
UNESCO will sponsor an international conference on “Resilience in a Time of Uncertainty: Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change,” the organization recently announced. This conference will be held in...
View ArticleGlacierHub is Seeking Contributions for a Video
GlacierHub is looking for contributions to a video that we are preparing to distribute before COP21, the major international climate conference that will be held in Paris this December. We hope that...
View ArticleTibet’s Melting Glaciers; The World’s Leaky Roof
Tibet is often referred to as the roof of the world, since it is the world’s largest and highest plateau. The lead-up to the 21st Conference of the Parties in Paris, or COP21, created a push to make...
View ArticleAt COP21, Afghanistan’s Adaptive Capacity Remains a Concern
Irrigated agriculture in arid region of western Afghanistan (source: M. O’Connor) Ahead of the Paris conference on climate change in December 2015, conflict-ridden Afghanistan submitted its climate...
View ArticleUNESCO Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
UNESCO poster for conference (source: UNESCO) UNESCO held a conference on indigenous people and climate change on 26-27 November in Paris, as a lead-up to COP21, the major annual conference of the...
View ArticleMeeting at COP21 Seeks Coordination of Glacier Countries
Eighteen people, representing seven small mountain countries, gathered on 8 December at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris to discuss glacier retreat and its consequences. They reviewed...
View ArticlePhoto Friday: Ice Watch at Place du Panthéon, Paris for COP21
The Ice Watch is an artwork by Olafur Eliasson and Minik Rosing on the occasion of COP21 – the meeting of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris. There are twelve immense blocks of...
View ArticleRoundup: A Big March, High Futures, and GREAT ICE
Worldwide Climate March, in Photos “On the eve of the opening of the UN climate change conference in Paris, campaigners around the world from Melbourne to London are marching to demand action.” The...
View ArticleThe Paris Agreement Offers Some Good News for Glaciers
Discussion at meeting of glacier countries at COP21 (source: Deborah Poole) The 195 countries which took part in COP21 reached consensus on 12 December, bringing the Paris Agreement into being. This...
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