Earth’s frozen regions are sending a clear warning about climate change – but politicians are ignoring it! 👇Commentary in @theconversation.com about recent efforts to downplay and diminish #science at #COP30 🧪🌊❄️

Earth’s frozen regions are sending a clear warning about climate change – but politicians are ignoring it theconversation.com/earths-froze...

Rising temperatures could to lead to the loss of thousands of glaciers per year, with up to ~4,000 vanishing annually under high emissions. 1.5°C could halve this loss 🧵 @landervt.bsky.social @harryzeko.bsky.social @matthias-huss.bsky.social @davidrounce.bsky.social @lilianschuster.bsky.social

Join us at UNEA-7 this Thursday Dec. 11 on International Mountain Day: Moderated by @unep.org's Mr. Lewis Pugh, the event will focus on cryosphere changes, regional solutions for mountain ecosystems, and frameworks for assessing losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services. 🔗 Livestream below!

Reflections on COP30 Global Mutirão final decision text:

Despite 🔥 and 🌧 at #COP30, we are happy to share the latest info on #AMOC shutdown from @rahmstorf.bsky.social, including perspectives from Iceland and UK govs filmed after the COP venue was evacuated! Important messages to heed as COP30 negotiations go to the wire! 🧪🌊 youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA

Pleased I could participate remotely in COP30 yesterday to talk about the impact of changing ice conditions on emperor penguins - at the fantastic @iccinet.bsky.social pavilion. The ICCI do great work at COP, highlighting the importance of limiting warming for the cryo: www.youtube.com/@iccinet

Happening in less than 1 hr here at #COP30

Tomorrow at #COP30 and online @rahmstorf.bsky.social will present latest AMOC science & potential impacts of shutdown The event will be chaired by Minister Johannsson of Iceland and will include perspectives from representatives of Ireland, UK, Canada, and Finland iccinet.org/cop30-cryosp... 🧪🌊

For anyone at #COP30 today or online, the Cryosphere Pavilion is hosting a quiz at 6.30 pm today! Come and test how much you know about the Earth's frozen regions and their relevance for the negotiations happening live in Belem!

4/ Emissions cuts? Temperature limits? 🧊 As @iccinet.bsky.social says, we cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice. “Losing sea ice is making climate change up to 15 percent worse than it would otherwise be.” — @edoddridge.bsky.social @utas.edu.au ▶️ aapp.shorthandstories.com/a-world-with...

Some snapshots from #COP30 and the Cryosphere Pavilion, where Prof. Gustaf Hugelius will soon take the stage (🔗 livestream in our previous post). Below are a few insights from earlier today, when Prof. Hugelius moderated one of the sessions. @iccinet.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

Tonight at 19:30 CEST, or 15:30pm Belém time, deputy director Gustaf Hugelius will be moderating the session "Permafrost-Climate Feedbacks & How is Permafrost Mapped from Space and on the Ground?" Follow it live from the @iccinet.bsky.social Cryosphere Pavilion at #COP30 below!

Later on tonight, at 18:30pm Belém time (GMT-3), Prof. Gustaf Hugelius will be presenting under the session: "Permafrost Thaw is Warming the Global Climate and Impacts Communities, Health, and Oceans." Watch it live (or later) straight from the @iccinet.bsky.social Cryosphere Pavilion at #COP30. 👇

Week 2 of the #COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion is underway! Key themes include thresholds and tipping points (Monday), adaptation in alpine glacier regions (Tuesday), ice sheets and sea-level rise (Wednesday), sea ice (Thursday), and pathways to 1.5°C (Friday). Full schedule iccinet.org/cop30-cryosp...

Week 1 of #COP30 is a wrap in Belém. Today’s events highlighted global links between glaciers, water security, climate finance, and ecosystem resilience — from Andes adaptation and glacier-risk financing to Amazon-cryosphere connections. Missed an event? All sessions available at: lnkd.in/g4xgPcgf

“We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice” -striking message from @iccinet.bsky.social report Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise #climatecrisis Post by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

HAPPENING TODAY The Perils of Ignoring Science and 1.5°C at #COP30: Tipping Points in the Cryosphere, Their Impacts & How to Avoid Them 📍 COP30 Blue Zone, Side Event Room 9, Area C ⏰ 15:00-16:30 BRT, Nov. 14 Dr. Chris Stokes, Dr. James Kirkham, Dr. Bill Hare, Dr. Norma Shorty, Dr. Al-Saiful Islam

⬇️ LAUNCHED TODAY ⬇️ State of the Cryosphere Report 2025 Over 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn that current climate commitments, leading the world to well over 2°C, spell disaster for billions from global ice loss – but that damage can still be prevented. Read here: iccinet.org/statecryo25/

Happening now! Annual report on 2025 updates in Earth's frozen regions finds concerning losses over the past decade, and much larger preventable losses this century based on decisions made at UN climate summit #COP30 and beyond. @geogdurham.bsky.social @iies.su.se @bolincentre.bsky.social @awi.de

Information for journalists at COP30: TODAY 6:30pm, Thurs Nov. 13 | Media briefing on the State of the Cryosphere Report 2025 and its relevance for COP30 negotiations. Join in person or online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Gw... 🚨 Cryosphere Pavilion (left of main hallway, behind UNFCCC Pavilion)

The COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion will host more three dozen side events over the next two weeks. Our team of Early Career Scientists (all PhD and postdoctoral level) will help introduce speakers and explain the latest science. Join in person or watch virtually! ❄️ youtube.com/@iccinet

Happening now at the #COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion! Warming of 1.5°C is Too High for Polar Ice Sheets ➡️ Join live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkW... "Ice sheet contributions to sea-level rises have quadrupled since he 1990s, even under 1.2°C of warming," says Dr. Chris Stokes @geogdurham.bsky.social

Welcome to Day 3 of #COP30! Today’s focus: Polar Oceans 🌊❄️ Policy experts, scientists & Indigenous voices highlighted how safeguarding the cryosphere is vital to keeping 1.5°C within reach and ensuring a stable climate for all. #Cryosphere #ClimateAction #Arctic #Glaciers #OceanProtection

This morning’s session at the #COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion discussed the impacts of black carbon in the Arctic. Updated emissions data and improved atmospheric modeling highlight why rapid reductions in black carbon remain essential for effective Arctic and global climate policy. Full schedule below!

Proposals to artificially cool the world’s polar regions to stem the impact of global warming are expensive, unfeasible and potentially dangerous, scientists say.

An authoritative group of #climate scientists have reviewed 5 prominent ideas to #geoengineer the polar regions. They conclude that these ideas are economically and practically unfeasible, environmentally dangerous & have major governance & ethics issues. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci... 🌊🧪

Calling all Early Career Scientists! We are offering an opportunity to bring your science to policymakers #COP30 by volunteering at the 2025 Cryosphere Pavilion! Applications close Monday, September 1: iccinet.org/cop30-cryosp... Please share widely!

To save the cryosphere, we need to speed up the transition from fossil fuels in this year’s NDCs at COP30 🇧🇷 UNSG António Guterres delivered a landmark special address and launched a new report this morning: www.un.org/en/climatech...

"The clean energy revolution is a fact. No government, no industry, no special interest can stop it." Spot-on assessment from United Nations Secretary General António Guterres

#ShowYourStripes Day! SCAR INSTANT is attending the ATCM in Milan, italy 🇮🇹. Temperature in Milan have increased drastically over the past 10 years. as the first heat wave strikes, it reminds us that polar areas are vunerable but regulate the temperature of the planet.🌏 @scar-antarctic.bsky.social

Today is the first day of the 47th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, held in Milan 🇮🇹 from June 23-July 3. It will take place alongside the 27th meeting of the #CEP. An important issue: the risk of multi-meter sea level rise if critical thresholds in the Antarctic Ice Sheet system are crossed.

Amid Melting Glaciers, G7 Looks Down Meeting in the heart of Canada's glacier country during a year dedicated to glacier preservation and the next round of climate commitments, it can only be called a tragic miss that G7 leaders failed to address climate change. 📸 Dick Hoskins, Northern Rockies

A press conference during Bonn climate negotiations today at 16:30 CEST will highlight two new papers on polar ice sheets and global glaciers. Speakers: Dr. Chris Stokes @geogdurham.bsky.social, Dr. Harry Zekollari @vubrussel.bsky.social, and policy experts Watch live: unfccc.int/event/icci-t...

Tune in this morning for the opening of the June UN Climate Meetings #SB62 in Bonn 🇺🇳 The meetings drive forward progress on key issues and prepare decisions for adoption at COP30 in November. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell will be giving an opening speech: youtube.com/live/N2co8huVN

Today, ICCI are attending the High Level International Conference on Glaciers Preservation in Dushanbe. Opening the conference, the President if Tajikistan stressed that "Glaciers preservation is not just the problem of countries with glaciers, it is a global crisis and requires a global response"

Landmark study shows that our current emissions pathway will destroy over 75% of glacier ice globally, but ambitious mitigation (1.5°C) can still save twice as much www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Shocking scenes following the disintegration and collapse of the Birch Glacier. A stark example of the evolving nature of cryospheric hazards under rapid warming and deglaciation in mountain regions. Monitoring and early evacuation prevented a bigger human impact here. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Birchgletscher collapse, before and after.

❄️Today is the first day of the High-level International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan!  dushanbeicgp2025.com As a highlight of #IYGP2025, discussions will center around preserving global snowpack and glaciers. ❄️

❄️The High-level International Conference on Glaciers' Preservation is happening in one week in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 29-31. dushanbeicgp2025.com Building momentum during #IYGP2025, speakers will highlight how mitigation is key to preserving global snowpack and glaciers. Program linked above.

Key findings: www.nature.com/articles/s43... Current climate forcing (1.2 °C) if sustained is likely to generate several meters of sea-level rise over coming centuries, causing extensive loss and damage and challenging adaptation measures. Avoiding this requires returning closer to or below 1 °C.

Coastlines in danger from irreversible ice sheet melt even if 1.5C climate target is met, scientists warn www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientists show that +1.5 °C is far too warm for Earth's ice sheets and will result in several metres of sea-level rise over the coming centuries, extensive loss and damage to coastal populations and will challenge the implementation of adaptation measures www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Registration is now open for the International Workshop on Cryosphere and Climate Change: 📍 Stockholm University, Sweden 🗓️ 26-29 August 2025 Register today at cryosphereworkshop.org/en/ More information about the program and goals of the workshop can be found below.

⚠️New study shows that even warming of 1.5°C is too high to prevent long term global damage from the melt of Earth's polar ice sheets 🌊❄️ @geogdurham.bsky.social @iccinet.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Registration is now open for the International Workshop on Cryosphere and Climate Change: 📍 Stockholm University, Sweden 🗓️ 26-29 August 2025 Register today at cryosphereworkshop.org/en/ More information about the program and goals of the workshop can be found below.

Today is the first day of Sagarmatha Sambaad (the Everest Dialogue) in Kathmandu🇳🇵 This discussion forum will take place from May 16-18 Open conversations between governments, academia and civil society will generate action to address critical issues, including glacier retreat and snowpack loss.

“Today more than ever, leadership on the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions by Arctic nations, Permanent Participants and Observers is essential”, said Pam Pearson @iccinet.bsky.social bit.ly/ac14caa

Hot off the press! The State of the Cryosphere 2024 report has been officially translated into Chinese Read the full translation: iccinet.org/statecryo24 We aim to translate this report into more languages; if interested in supporting these efforts, we welcome you to reach out.