Switzerland: Glaciers, Snow and Water Supplies

A world without glaciers: how can scientists contribute to enhancing climate ambition, in Switzerland and beyond?
Glaciers, snow cover and permafrost are disappearing all over the world as a result of global warming. Faced with this emergency, scientists are working to improve the physical science underpinning past, present and future climate change, thus contributing to an ever-strengthening understanding of how the climate system works, and how it is changing in response to human activity. What are the new scientific findings emerging from the Sixth Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ? What are the consequences for mountain and polar regions? What risks will Switzerland be exposed to in the near future? What are the new strategies that can be adopted adopted to reduce risk? On the basis of the most recent IPCC findings (focus on Working Group 1) presented by the keynote speakers, the panelists will discuss how to raise the ambition level for achieving COP26 tangible outcomes. They will discuss what new scientific evidence is needed to improve climate policies, in Switzerland and beyond, and the role of scientists in public debates, political decision-making and collective action.