Relevance of Mountain Regions
- Mountain Regions cover around 25% of the Earth surface, have up to 1 billion inhabitants and provide crucial resources to up to one quarter of the Earth population
- Mountain Regions are strongly impacted by global warming and other socio-economic changes
- #IMC25 will be the largest international conference (> 1000 registered participants) exclusively dealing with mountain research
What to report about?
Research topics at #IMC25 will be presented and discussed in >150 sessions and workshops. Additionally, special events on “The value of glaciers” and “The ice-rock avalanche in Blatten” are organized. Below, we lists some thematic examples:
- Elevation dependent climate change
- Glacier and permafrost risks
- Mountain waters
- Mountain forests
- Mountain ecosystems
- Resilience in mountain regions
- Climate change and tourism
- Impacts of energy transition
- Mountain agriculture
- Mobility in mountain regions
Registration
- Registration for journalists is required but free of charge.
- To register, please generate a user account at My#IMC and get in contact with us via contact form so that we can update your status to “journalist”
Services
- Working places are provided in seminar room 7 (SOWI – SR 7, 2nd floor, main conference area)
- The #IMC organizer team is happy to personally advice and support you (English and German) for identifying topics and potential interview partners!
