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Drivers for action
Day 1 1040 - 1200 Salle Obasi
The societal benefits and urgency of coordinated and sustainable hydro-meteorological and climate services in high mountain regions, and linkages to the 2030 UN Agenda.
Key Topics
| Science and policy drivers for action on adaptation to changing mountain environments, e.g. IPCC reports, Paris Agreement, Sendai Framework, Sustainable Development Goals, etc | |
| Sustained international advocacy: fostering recognition for the international prioritization and support for high mountain regions | |
| Stakeholders’ efforts as leverage for ensuring that high mountains receive the necessary and comparable level of attention and resources for policy, investments, and projects at local, national, regional and global levels | |
| The need for transformative policies and strategies for adaptation to climate change in mountain regions | |
| Towards an UN International Year of Mountains |
Session Co-Chair persons:
- Carolina Adler, Executive Director, Mountain Research Initiative
- John Pomeroy, Canada Research Chair in Water Resources & Climate Change, Director, Global Water Futures programme
Speakers
- John Pomeroy, Canada Research Chair in Water Resources & Climate Change, Director, Global Water Futures programme
- Andreas Fischlin, Vice-Chair WG II, IPCC (Switzerland)
- Qin Dahe, Chair, Advisory Committee of China Meteorological Administration, and Chair, Chinese National Committee for International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (China)
- Konrad Steffen; Director, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, (Switzerland)
- David Molden, Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
- François Pythoud - Special Envoy for International Sustainable Agriculture at the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture
- Caroline Aubry-Wake (Canada); Young scientist
- Carolina Adler, Executive Director, Mountain Research Initiative
