NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF TAJIKISTAN

State Scientific Institution “Center for the Study of Glaciers”

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF GLACIER PROTECTION 2025 AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN RESOLUTION

INVITATION – PROGRAM

Partners

INVITATION

The Center for the Study of Glaciers of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan invites you to participate in the International Scientific and Practical Conference on the theme “International Year for the Protection of Glaciers-2025” and the contribution of sustainable development partners to the implementation of the UN resolution. As part of the event, reports and presentation of scientific results in the field of glaciology on the most pressing topics of modern science, water management, climate change, global warming and its impact on glaciers are planned.

Event language: Tajik, Russian, English.

Form of participation in the conference – offline & online.

ZOOM link to join the conference:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87470633433?pwd=NkhxRmZiUk02YzRHMVhlY3FuQ2RlZz09

Conference ID: 874 7063 3433

Access code: 336222

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE:

• During the conference, search for ways of cooperation to achieve the ultimate goal of the declaration of declaring 2025 the “International Year for the Protection of Glaciers”;

• evaluation of the process of glacier melting under the conditions of global warming;

• results of the activities of the State Scientific Institution “Center for the Study of Glaciers of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan” for 5 years of activity;

• Development of a scientific plan for celebrating 2025 as the “International Year of Glacier Protection” in collaboration with sustainable development partners.

• publication of conference materials.

MAIN DIRECTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE:

• Declaring 2025 the International Year for the Protection of Glaciers as a foundation and improvement for the study of glaciers, as well as identifying the main means of protecting glaciers with sustainable development partners;

• development of areas for cooperation with sustainable development partners. in celebrating 2025 as the “International Year for the Protection of Glaciers”;

• study of the cryosphere, glaciers, snow cover and water resources;

• impact of climate change on glaciers and snow cover;

• modern methods of studying the cryosphere, glaciers and snow cover;

• use of remote sensing and UAV data in the study of glaciers and snow cover;

• natural disasters associated with glaciers, glacial lakes, snow cover and preventive measures to reduce possible damage;

• hydrochemical radioisotope methods in the study of glaciers, snow cover and melt waters

DURING THE CONFERENCE, SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE SCIENTIFIC AND THEORETICAL JOURNAL “CRYOSPHERE”.

Materials for publication in the journal “Cryosphere” and in the collection must be sent to the address: cryos2021@gmail.com until May 20, 2023.

The finished version of the magazine “Cryosphere” and the collection will be sent to the e-mail of the conference participants.

 Sincerely,

Organising Committee

734025, Dushanbe, 33 Rudaki Ave. Tel: (+992) 2277749

E-mail: cryos2021@gmail.com

More information can be found on the website www.cryosphere.tj

The overall goal of the project CROMO-ADAPT (Cryospheric Observation and Modelling for Improved Adaptation in Central Asia) is to inform policy making, planning and implementation of adaptation measures in the water and risk management sectors in Central Asia, based on high quality cryospheric data (including glaciers, snow and permafrost), model predictions and long-term climate information services, in order to increase the resilience of the local population to climate change.

The project is implemented by the University of Fribourg in Tajikistan Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. In Tajikistan a close cooperation is established with key national partners: the Center for the Study of Glaciers of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan and the Agency for  Hydrometeorology under the Committee for Environment Protection.

The CICADA project and the subsequent CROMO-ADAPT project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, have been implemented since the first days of the establishment of the State Scientific Institution “Center for the Study of Glaciers of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan”. April 2023 marks the fifth anniversary of the organizationestablishment of the Center and five years of collaboration with the CROMO-ADAPT project.

As part of the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Center, a number of events, conferences and seminars are planned. In this aspect, a joint scientific conference of the CROMO-ADAPT implementation group and the Center will be held, where the results of joint work will be summed up and the main directions for the implementation of this project in the future will be determined. This conference is also timed to coincide with the adoption by the United Nations of the fifth initiative of the Republic of Tajikistan to declare “2025 the International Year for the Protection of Glaciers”. As part of this initiative, the Center for Glacier Studies of the National Academy of Sciences has developed a Science Plan and Strategy for the International Year of Glacier Conservation, which also allows discussion of cooperation in this direction.

Building upon the achievements of the previous Swiss funded projects CATCOS I & II (Capacity Building and Twinning for Climate Observing Systems) and CICADA (Cryospheric Climate Services for improved Adaptation), which were mainly focused on installations for glacier monitoring and training of researchers and students, the new project CROMO-ADAPT will expand the past activities to new cryospheric variables such as permafrost and snow and will integrate them sustainably into national monitoring networks and develop specific Climate Services based on these new observations.