On February 12, China Environment Forum will be hosting a group of climate change experts from 2 - 4 pm with a geographically broader focus than our usual meetings. (See Details below).
Please RSVP with your name and affiliation to CEF@wilsoncenter.org or call 202-691-4022.
We would also like to remind you that we maintain a China environmental job listings page at:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1421&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=370637
Temperatures Rising: Water, Climate, and the Himalayas
February 12, 2009
2:00 - 4:00 pm
6th floor Auditorium
Isabel Hilton, chinadialogue
Kenneth Hewitt, Wilfrid Laurier University and Founder Member, Cold Regions Research Centre
Katherine Morton, Australian National University
Co-sponsored by the China Environment Forum, Asia Program, and the Environmental Change and Security Program
The Himalayas in the Tibetan Plateau and Karakoram North Pakistan, whose glaciers supply water to some 40 percent of the world's population, are a climate change hotspot. The Tibetan Plateau has experienced a 1 degree Celsius temperature rise in the past decade alone. The 40,000+ glaciers in China's Himalayas are in rapid retreat, posing grave environmental and human health threats and the prospect of catastrophic water shortages. China's foremost glacier scientist, Yao Tandong, predicts that China's glaciers will disappear by 2050, while the UN Intergovernmental Panel estimates they may be gone by 2035. In Northern Pakistan, temperature increases are leading glaciers to expand, which also poses environmental and water challenges. The three speakers will address the impact of climate change on the vulnerable ecosystems and communities in the Himalayas both in China and Pakistan and discuss current efforts to mitigate threats to the melting glaciers.
For directions to get to the center: www.wilsoncenter.org/directions
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