Press invitation - Reporting on glaciers in 2025: everything you need to know

PRESS INVITATION   Reporting on glaciers in 2025: everything you need to know   The United Nations have designated 2025 as the International Year of Glacier Preservation. On 16th January, glacier experts from UNESCO and WMO will hold an information session for journalists, outlining the latest research and data, the major challenges and solutions facing glaciers today, as well as announce the upcoming dates, reports and events that will mark the International Year of Glacier Preservation.   What? Information session and Q&A on glaciers When? Thursday 16 January 2025, 13:00-15:00 CET Where? Online Registration: Please click here to register   Glaciers play a crucial role in regulating the global climate and providing freshwater to billions of people. However, due to climate disruption primarily driven by human activities, these vital resources are rapidly melting.  The International Year of Glacier Preservation will raise global awareness about the critical role of glaciers, snow, and ice in the climate system and hydrological cycle, as well as the economic, social and environmental impacts of the impending changes in Earth's cryosphere.   As the leading Organizations for this International Year, UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) are holding this information session to equip media professionals with essential knowledge and insights to effectively report on the impact of climate disruption on glaciers, glacial science concepts, and implications of melting glaciers on society, ecology, and economies, while fostering informed public discourse.    A 40-minute presentation by the world's leading glacier experts will be followed by a Q&A. The session will cover topics including: Common misconceptions about glaciers  How glaciers form and melt: The link between snowfall, multiyear snow cover, glacier ice, and frozen ground The role of increased temperatures at high elevations, rainfall, and warming ground surfaces Why not all glaciers are melting, why some are even growing, and the link between mountain/glacier ice and polar ice The consequences of glaciers melting in lowlands: Short-term hazards and long-term water insecurity.   Press contact François Wibaux, f.wibaux@unesco.org, +33 1 45 68 07 46   UNESCO Newsroom All our press releases   Social media

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