Dagu Glacier High -end Academic Forum for International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025（FIRST CIRCULAR）

Chengdu, China, 15-18 March, 2025

Organized and Sponsored by:

Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Sichuan Dagu Glacier Administration Bureau

Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese Society of Cryospheric Science

Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Polar Research Institute of China

Will Legend Eco Living (HK) Limited

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I．FORUM BACKGROUND

In December 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation and designating March 21 of each year, starting from 2025, as World Glacier Day. As a contribution to these initiatives, the Northwest Institute for Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Dagu Glacier Administration Bureau of Sichuan Province, is hosting the “Dagu Glacier Forum for the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation 2025”, scheduled from March 15 to 18, 2025.

In 2024, Rice University, the University of Iceland, the Icelandic Glacier Society, the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), and UNESCO launched the Global Glacier Casualty List (GGCL) project (https://glaciercasualtylist.rice.edu/?page=Page). This project highlights 18 renowned glaciers worldwide, chosen due to their impending disappearance and their significant scientific and economic value, to raise awareness on the drastic changes glaciers are undergoing and the urgency of their preservation. Dagu Glacier is the only glacier from China included in the GGCL.

At the initiative of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) and the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), the Dagu Glacier Forum, held at the Dagu Glacier Park along with glacier preservation public activities, aims to bring together experts, scholars, and policymakers from relevant institutions both domestically and internationally. This forum will focus on the topics such as glacier and climate changes and adaptation, glacier preservation and international cooperation, water resource changes and sustainable development in central Asia, and glacier-related hazards.

II. ORGANIZERS

·   Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences

·   Sichuan Dagu Glacier Administration Bureau

·   Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

III. CO-ORGANIZERS

·   Chinese Society of Cryospheric Science

·   Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences

·   Polar Research Institute of China

·   Will Legend Eco Living (HK) Limited

IV. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Chairpersons: Qin Dahe, Yao Tandong, Feng Qi

Members: Ai Songtao, Che Yanjun, Chen Yaning, Cui Xiangbin, Ding Haitao, Ding Minghu, Ding Yongjian, Dong Zhiwen, Du Wentao, Duan Weili, Hong Weinian, Huang Shihai, Ji Zhenming, Kang Shichang, Ke Changqing, Li Chuanjin, Li Kaiming, Li Yaoming, Li Yuansheng, Li Zhongqin, Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin, Liu Tie, Ren Jiawen, Tian Lide, Shi Guitao, Sun Bo, Wang Feiteng, Wang Gang, Wang Ninglian, Wang Puyu, Wang Shengjie, Wang Shijin, Wang Xin, Wang Zemin, Wu Guangjian, Xiao Cunde, Xu Baiqing, Xu Liping, Yao Xiaojun, Yang Min, You Xiaoni, Zhang Mingjun, Zhang Mingyi, Zhang Qianggong, Zhang Yulan, Zhang Yuanming, Zhou Jun, Kabutov Khisrav, Liss Marie Andreassen, Michael Zemp, Rysbek Satylkanov, Salamat Abdyzhapar uulu, Sheralizoda Nazrialo, Tobias Bolch, Yunus Mamadjanov

V. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairpersons: Li Zhongqin, Wang Feiteng, Huang Shihai

Members: Li Huilin, Wang Puyu, Liu Qiao, Wang Fanglong, Xu Chunhai, Lin Maowei, Zhang Fu

VI. DATES

March 15–18, 2025

VII. VENUE

Conference Venue: Chengdu, Sichuan Province (specific location to be announced)

Field Visit: Dagu Glacier, Heishui County, Sichuan Province

VIII. SCHEDULE (Beijing Time)

March 15, 2025: Registration

March 16, 2025 (Morning): 09:00–10:00: Opening Ceremony

10:00–12:00: Keynote Reports

March 16, 2025 (Afternoon): 14:00–16:00: Keynote Reports

16:00–18:00: Discussions and Exchanges

March 17, 2025: Glacier Preservation Outreach Activity; Field Visit to Dagu Glacier

March 18, 2025: Closing of the Conference

IX. CONTACTS

Wang Feiteng: +86-13619322762; E-mail: wangfeiteng@lzb.ac.cn

Li Huilin: +86-13909407069; E-mail: lihuilin@lzb.ac.cn

Xie Yida: +86-18005486164; E-mail; ydxie@lzb.ac.cn