Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience

10/10/2025
16:00 - 16:40
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus , Presencial
Sesión con interpretación

Por qué asistir

Join ministers, international organisations, and IUCN’s Director General to explore the future of glaciers and post-glacier ecosystems. This high-level roundtable will mark the launch of IUCN's Glacier Action Network and highlight actions under the UN Decade for Cryosphere Sciences (2025–2034).

Descripción de la sesión

Glaciers are retreating at unprecedented rates with far-reaching consequences for water management including transboundary relations. This high-level roundtable will convene ministers, senior government officials, and international leaders to reflect on progress made during the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (2025) and to highlight priorities for the upcoming UN Decade for Cryosphere Sciences (2025–2034). The session will showcase actions and commitments from governments, explore opportunities for science-policy collaboration, and present pathways for financing glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience. It will also launch IUCN’s Glacier Action Network (GAN), a new global initiative to mobilise states and member organisations to advance glacier conservation and adaptation efforts.
Asociaciones
Commission on Ecosystem Management logo
Commission on Ecosystem Management
Ministerio del Ambiente, Peru ( Peru ) logo
Ministerio del Ambiente, Peru ( Peru )
Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbekistan ) logo
Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbekistan )
Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan ( Tajikistan ) logo
Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan ( Tajikistan )
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)  logo
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
Ecosystems Division at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) logo
Ecosystems Division at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
CUMBRES BLANCAS - Colombia (Glacier Nation) logo
CUMBRES BLANCAS - Colombia (Glacier Nation)
Ministry of Ecological Transition (France) logo
Ministry of Ecological Transition (France)

Speaker

Speaker Juan Carlos CASTRO

Minister, Ministry of Environment

Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience

Speaker Sino Tohirzoda

Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience

Speaker Barbara POMPILI

Ambassadrice à l'Environnement, France

Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience

Speaker INDRA MANI PANDEY

BIMSTEC Secretary General, BIMSTEC

Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience

Speaker Doreen ROBINSON

Deputy Director, Ecosystems, UNEP

Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience

Speaker Aziz Abdukhakimov

Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Uzbekistan

Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience

Moderator

Speaker Marcela FERNANDEZ

Founder, Glacier Nation

Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience

Host

Speaker James DALTON

Global Director, Water and Wetlands, IUCN Secretariat

Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience

Speaker Ala AL DWAIRI

Natural Infrastructure Officer, IUCN Secretariat

Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience