GLOFCA – Reducing Vulnerabilities of Populations in the Central Asia Region from Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in a Changing Climate, Report-Part1, University of Zurich
This report provides a synopsis of the work undertaken by the University of Zurich (UZH) in our role as the lead implementing partner to the GLOFCA project. The report covers the period from October 2022 until the end of April 2023 and is an update of previous reports. The key achievement of this reporting period […]
This report provides a synopsis of the work undertaken by the University of Zurich (UZH) in our role as the lead implementing partner to the GLOFCA project. The report covers the period from October 2022 until the end of April 2023 and is an update of previous reports. The key achievement of this reporting period include:
- Completion of the second regional exchange workshop on GLOF hazard assessment.
- Preliminary hazard assessment results for the pilot sites from numerical modelling.
- Completion of a series of webinars on EWS with regional and international experts.
- Drafting of a methodological framework for GLOF hazard and risk assessment (UZH input to chapter 2 of the best practice guidance document.
- Exchange visits from partners from Kazakhstan (and preparation of visit from Kyrgyzstan).
- Procurement of services for consulting and back-stopping for technical issues of the EWS.
- Completion of the analytical lake mapping toolbox and lake atlas.
- Contributions to regional events, including summer schools and capacity building activities.
- Contributions to international conferences
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New information boards in Ala-Archa National Park: a step towards visitor safety
The GLOFCA project installed information boards in Ala-Archa National Park to enhance the safety of tourists and local residents.
Major collapse of the Dehdal Glacier
On 25 October 2025, at around 11:00 a.m., a large ice mass collapsed from the Dehdal Glacier (formerly known as Dedal), located on the northern slopes of the Peter the First Range, near the village of Safedobi in Tajikabad District.
GLOFCA project and partners planted 800 trees in the Pskem Valley to protect against landslides and held a children’s drawing contest
On 30 October 2025, the GLOFCA team and the State Institution “Hydroingeo” will hold a tree-planting campaign in the Pskem Valley, one of the project’s pilot sites. The initiative aims to stabilise slopes and protect local communities from landslides.