Modelling Workshop with Project Partners and Zurich University in May and July 2022
The University of Zurich (UZH), in its role as lead implementing partner to the Executing Entity of UNESCO within the GLOFCA Project, organizes a technical training addressed to experts in the field of natural hazards management for the numerical modelling of rapid mass movements and glacier lake outburst floods in particular.A detailed prediction of the […]
Findings of the 2022 IPCC Report with focus on Central Asia
Interview by Alfred Diebold with Prof. Christian Huggel of Zurich University and GLOFCA team member
IPCC Report is out
The report published on February 28, 2022 is looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change. We are in the middle of a men made crises! https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6wg2/pdf/IPCC_AR6_WGII_SummaryForPolicymakers.pdf Press statement by […]
From Fedshenko glacier to Khorog
Here we show some locations where GLOFCA project activities will take place from 2022 onwards. You will see images of Pamir glaciers in Tajikistan as well as images of the river Panj.