GLOFCA member Laura Niggli joined this year’s ‘Adventure of Science: Women and Glaciers in Central Asia’ (https://www.inspiringgirls.org/central-asia-en) expedition as visiting scientific instructor with expertise on Glacier Lake Outburst Floods. The project ‘Adventure of Science’ empowers young women through science, art and wilderness exploration. This year’s successful expedition took place from 16.-25. August 2022 in the […]

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 […]

Interview by Alfred Diebold with Prof. Christian Huggel of Zurich University and GLOFCA team member

On the 7th of April 2022 the GLOFCA Project was presented at the Regional Forum on sustainable development for the UNECE Region, where partnerships to address climate change, extreme events and disaster risk reduction towards sustainable development goals have been discussed. https://regionalforum.unece.org/events/regional-forum-2022 The event was organized by the Regional Office for Europe of the World […]

From left to right: Takir Balykbayev, Zhanna Kurmangaliyeva, Igor Severskiy, and Akhmetkal Medeu  UNESCO Almaty Office would like to congratulate Mr. Takir Balykbayev to his appointment as the Director of the LLP “Central Asian Regional Glaciological Centre category 2 under the auspices of UNESCO”. We look forward to further strengthen our cooperation specially in the […]

Press release: Wednesday, 2 March 2022 – The UNESCO Almaty Office and the Kazakh State Institution “Kazselezaschita” are joining forces in a project named “Reducing vulnerabilities of populations in Central Asia region from glacier lake outburst floods in a changing climate” (GLOFCA), funded by the Adaptation Fund. As part of the GLOFCA’s YEAR-1 activities, Kazselezaschita […]

From February 23-35, 2022 an international online conference organized by the Kazakh-German University within the framework of the Green Central Asia Initiative. The main objective of the conference was to provide innovative solutions to the five Central Asian economies (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) by: Informing on decision-making processes based on scientific research in […]

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 […]

Pskem was chosen as a pilot site for the Glacier Lake Outburst Floods project. We take you on a trip to this beautiful village in the mountains not far away from Tashkent, the Uzbek capital. A Swiss and an Uzbek team went together to explore the location and to have consultations with the project stakeholders. […]

Press release Dushanbe, Tajikistan Thursday, 17th of February – United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) Almaty Cluster Office Director, Krista Pikkat hold a meeting with the Director of the Agency for hydrometeorology of the Committee of Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Kurbonzoda Abdullo Habibulo and other representatives of […]

Overview and objectives of GLOFCA project by Natalia Kim – UNESCO Almaty (in Russian language)

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.