The International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025 (IYGP) and the World Day for Glaciers, initiatives proposed by Tajikistan, were recently embraced through a UN General Assembly resolution. This resolution invites UNESCO, the WMO, and organizations like the WGMS, alongside UN Member States, to support these important efforts. We’re delighted to share that #IMC25 will play an active role in this exciting series of events! Our platform will bring together experts and glacier enthusiasts in various formats to exchange ideas and deepen our collective knowledge. Activities will span beyond #IMC25 itself, continuing throughout the year, and this page will be the source for updates on our contributions to IYGP.
Event Portfolio
Sessions & Workshops
Experts' exchange
during #IMC25
Sep 14 - 18 2025
Sessions and workshops on topics related to changes in the cryosphere and its consequences are currently drafted and will be published in December 2024.
Why should we preserve glaciers?
Panel discussion & movie
Sep 15 2025
6:00 pm
Within a panel discussion moderated by Christian Huggel we will discuss the question why glaciers should be preserved. Afterwards, a doc-film on glaciers in the Alps with up-to-date content from 2024 will have its English-language premier.
Goodbye Glaciers 2.0
Outreach activities
Entire year
2025
Under the label “Goodbye Glaciers 2.0” several activities to involve the local society in the Alps and beyond will take place:
(1) Within a traveling exhibition, images of historic and present day glacier extends will be compared and combined with future scenarios,
(2) signposts will be placed here and there pointing towards glaciers and showing the expected time of their disappearance and
(3) guided tours on present and historic traces of (ice-age) glaciers will be offered.
