As part of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025, a joint celebration of the World Day for Glaciers and World Water Day will be organized to highlight the accelerating threat of glacier melt and its impact on water security, communities and ecosystems. With glaciers melting at record rates, this joint celebration will underscore the importance of glaciers as “water towers of the world” for billions of people who rely on them.

Director John Pomeroy will be speaking at numerous celebrations and side events on March 20th and 21st at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Register to join the celebrations online by visiting each event’s webpage.

March 20, 2025
2:30 AM CST – Scientific Research: Cryosphere Observation and Modelling
9:30 AM CST – Chronicles of Cryospheric Loss: Weaving Science, Art, and Voices from the Ice

March 21, 2025
3:45 AM CST – The Impact of Melting Glaciers  (Keynote)
7:00 AM CST – Melting Glaciers, Lasting Impacts: Addressing Societal and Environmental Challenges, Solutions and Actions with a Changing Mountain Cryosphere 
7:00 AM CST – Mountain Voices: Science, Stories and Solutions  (Keynote)
9:00 AM CST – The world’s changing cryosphere: Advances and future challenges in data, information, and knowledge-building