High Mountain Glaciers and Challenges caused by Climate Change
The Norwegian Polar Institute is hosting a climate conference initiated by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Scientists will meet to address the challenges and impacts created by melting glaciers in high-mountain regions, including effects on downstream countries. The meeting takes place in Tromsø, Norway, which hosted the World Environment Day in 2007, where the focus was on melting snow and ice.
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Location:
Tromsø, Norway
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Start date:
06.08.2009
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End date:
06.10.2009
The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists studying the cryosphere in the Himalayas and Andes regions with scientists working on the downstream effects of glacier melt as well as with researchers with expertise from other regions. Despite possibly increased sensitivity of high-mountain glaciers to climate change, and the consequent impact on society, glacier observations in high-mountain regions are scarce. Policymakers who must respond to these changes need the best available data to provide workable solutions for the adaptation and mitigation of these impacts. The need for improved hydrologic-process and ice-dynamic models for more accurate predictions, is urgent.