Dear All, You are cordially invited to join the webinar on Third Pole Melting: Impacts and Implications organized by the Healthy Climate Initiative, The Climate Reality Project India, and Indigenous People's Climate Justice Forum. The webinar will start at 11:00 AM Eastern Time (3:00 PM GMT, 8:30 PM IST) for the duration of 1.5 hours on July 11, 2021. To join the event, please register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H4z1J1XYRr2HIfdMD2YtwA. After registering, you will receive an email containing information about joining the webinar.
Abstract The UN recently reported that the life and livelihood of 2 billion are at stake due to the accelerated melting of the Third Pole. The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), an intergovernmental learning and knowledge center comprising eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayas, reported the same in 2019. We are organizing this interactive webinar to communicate the realities and urgency of slowing the melt of the Himalayan glaciers. Speakers - Dr. Santosh Nepal, Group Lead, Climate, and Hydrology at ICIMOD - Dr. Fawzia Tarannum, Assistant Professor, TERI School of Advanced Studies - Mr. Joydeep Gupta, South Asia Director of The Third Pole and India coordinator of Internews Earth Journalism Network - Dr. Ram Boojh, CEO at Mobius Foundation - Dr. Leslie Field, Founder, and CTO, Arctic Ice Project. Moderator - Rituraj Phukan, National Coordinator of The Climate Reality Project India, and COO, Walk For Water. Agenda - Opening remarks: Dr. Soumitra Das, Founder, and President, Healthy Climate Initiative (5 minutes) - The Changing Himalayas: Climate change and its implications on water resources in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region ( https://lib.icimod.org/record/34383). Dr. Santosh Nepal (7 minutes) - “Water Our Worries?: India’s water crisis, current and projected challenges from glacial loss in the Himalayas, policy interventions, and community action. Dr. Fawzia Tarannum (7 minutes) - “Community Climate Impact Stories”: Stories of how the melting of Himalayan glaciers is affecting the people in the region and how they are coping with it. Mr. Joydeep Gupta (7 minutes) - “A Pathway to Sustainable Himalayan Collaboration”: The possibilities of finding common grounds for resolving issues related to shared resources between the countries of the Himalayan region. Dr. Ram Boojh (7 minutes) - “A Potential Solution to Restore the Third Pole”: A brief overview of AIP’s solution to restore the Arctic and the joint initiative to stop/slow down the melting of the Third Pole with HCI and The Climate Reality Project India. Dr. Leslie Field (7 minutes). - Moderated Questions: Mr. Rituraj Phukan (18 minutes) - Audience Q/A (30 minutes) - Vote of thanks (2 minutes) Your presence and support are critical to the success of the initiative to restore Himalayan glaciers. Sincerely, Soumitra Das President, Healthy Climate Initiative -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CADWMfERZTA3%3DGuZ1cY1FSdz1uFwM_VirZkYT7Qcz%2BznxyHo10w%40mail.gmail.com.
