International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
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ICCI is a network of senior policy experts and researchers aiming to spread cryosphere science and preserve the cryosphere's key role in Earth's climate system.
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September 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The article has been released as a hub where a variety of materials can be accessed, including information written for—and peer reviewed by—kids aged 8-15 years.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Polar geoengineering: risks and realities
A comprehensive evaluation of geoengineering strategies to slow ice loss in the Arctic and Antarctic
www.frontiersin.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The article has been released as a hub where a variety of materials can be accessed, including information written for—and peer reviewed by—kids aged 8-15 years.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Luckily, we already know what we need to do. We have existing goals that we know will work. Global heating will likely stabilize within 20 years of us reaching net zero.
Our focus must remain on emissions reductions, not on speculative ideas that are highly unlikely to work as intended.
Our focus must remain on emissions reductions, not on speculative ideas that are highly unlikely to work as intended.
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Luckily, we already know what we need to do. We have existing goals that we know will work. Global heating will likely stabilize within 20 years of us reaching net zero.
Our focus must remain on emissions reductions, not on speculative ideas that are highly unlikely to work as intended.
Our focus must remain on emissions reductions, not on speculative ideas that are highly unlikely to work as intended.
Further research into these ideas is not an effective use of limited time and resources. They also risk distracting from the priority of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, investing in proven mitigation strategies, and from the critical need to conduct fundamental research in the polar regions.
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Further research into these ideas is not an effective use of limited time and resources. They also risk distracting from the priority of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, investing in proven mitigation strategies, and from the critical need to conduct fundamental research in the polar regions.
Here are some photos from last year's Cryosphere Pavilion.
Key topics – including ice sheets and sea-level rise, mountain glaciers and snow, permafrost, sea ice, and polar oceans – were featured in more than 70 side events. Our team of ECS volunteers helped ensure everything ran smoothly.
Key topics – including ice sheets and sea-level rise, mountain glaciers and snow, permafrost, sea ice, and polar oceans – were featured in more than 70 side events. Our team of ECS volunteers helped ensure everything ran smoothly.
August 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Here are some photos from last year's Cryosphere Pavilion.
Key topics – including ice sheets and sea-level rise, mountain glaciers and snow, permafrost, sea ice, and polar oceans – were featured in more than 70 side events. Our team of ECS volunteers helped ensure everything ran smoothly.
Key topics – including ice sheets and sea-level rise, mountain glaciers and snow, permafrost, sea ice, and polar oceans – were featured in more than 70 side events. Our team of ECS volunteers helped ensure everything ran smoothly.
“That world is within reach, but it won’t happen on its own. Not fast enough. Not fair enough. It is up to us. This is our moment of opportunity.”
Watch the full special address here: www.youtube.com/live/4yYpxMi...
Watch the full special address here: www.youtube.com/live/4yYpxMi...
July 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“That world is within reach, but it won’t happen on its own. Not fast enough. Not fair enough. It is up to us. This is our moment of opportunity.”
Watch the full special address here: www.youtube.com/live/4yYpxMi...
Watch the full special address here: www.youtube.com/live/4yYpxMi...
Reposted by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
"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
Spot-on assessment from United Nations Secretary General António Guterres
July 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"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
Spot-on assessment from United Nations Secretary General António Guterres
Antarctic and Southern Ocean stability is critical not only for the polar ice sheet but also global ecosystems and communities
We are attending #ATCM47 as part of ASOC, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, providing scientific advice to inform decision making 🇦🇶
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We are attending #ATCM47 as part of ASOC, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, providing scientific advice to inform decision making 🇦🇶
@antarcticasouth.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Antarctic and Southern Ocean stability is critical not only for the polar ice sheet but also global ecosystems and communities
We are attending #ATCM47 as part of ASOC, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, providing scientific advice to inform decision making 🇦🇶
@antarcticasouth.bsky.social
We are attending #ATCM47 as part of ASOC, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, providing scientific advice to inform decision making 🇦🇶
@antarcticasouth.bsky.social
Today ICCI's Antarctic Director shared the latest science in #ATCM discussions, stating that geoengineering is not a solution to Antarctic ice loss.
She stressed the need to avoid exploiting sensitive Antarctic environments as a means to experiment with geoengineering interventions.
She stressed the need to avoid exploiting sensitive Antarctic environments as a means to experiment with geoengineering interventions.
June 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Today ICCI's Antarctic Director shared the latest science in #ATCM discussions, stating that geoengineering is not a solution to Antarctic ice loss.
She stressed the need to avoid exploiting sensitive Antarctic environments as a means to experiment with geoengineering interventions.
She stressed the need to avoid exploiting sensitive Antarctic environments as a means to experiment with geoengineering interventions.
The opening plenary and annual SCAR lecture on latest science will take place Tuesday morning. Schedule: www.ats.aq/devAS/Meetin...
Concerted action is needed to better identify early warning indicators of threshold behavior from Antarctica & strengthen environmental protection measures.
Concerted action is needed to better identify early warning indicators of threshold behavior from Antarctica & strengthen environmental protection measures.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The opening plenary and annual SCAR lecture on latest science will take place Tuesday morning. Schedule: www.ats.aq/devAS/Meetin...
Concerted action is needed to better identify early warning indicators of threshold behavior from Antarctica & strengthen environmental protection measures.
Concerted action is needed to better identify early warning indicators of threshold behavior from Antarctica & strengthen environmental protection measures.
"We're putting the planet into a condition that hasn't existed since humanity has evolved as a species, and it's destroying our natural landscapes and natural water supplies...making our communities uninhabitable," said Pomeroy. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
Clearly, his words went unheeded.
Clearly, his words went unheeded.
Wildfire smoke causing glaciers to melt faster in Canadian Rockies
While warmer temperatures are a main culprit, wildfire smoke is darkening the surface of glaciers, which decreases its albedo.
calgaryherald.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"We're putting the planet into a condition that hasn't existed since humanity has evolved as a species, and it's destroying our natural landscapes and natural water supplies...making our communities uninhabitable," said Pomeroy. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
Clearly, his words went unheeded.
Clearly, his words went unheeded.
Dr. John Pomeroy, who co-leads #IYGP scientific advisors, exhorted G7 leaders to “just look up” at the mountains around them to see what is happening, in an allusion to the film where scientists warn humanity of an approaching comet that will destroy Earth, an analogy for today’s climate crisis.
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Dr. John Pomeroy, who co-leads #IYGP scientific advisors, exhorted G7 leaders to “just look up” at the mountains around them to see what is happening, in an allusion to the film where scientists warn humanity of an approaching comet that will destroy Earth, an analogy for today’s climate crisis.
But what is happening as a result of climate inaction is also terrible, and if we continue not to do what we know is needed – transition off fossil fuels – it will become more terrible still.
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
But what is happening as a result of climate inaction is also terrible, and if we continue not to do what we know is needed – transition off fossil fuels – it will become more terrible still.
Of course there are terrible things happening across the planet: in the Middle East, in Ukraine, for that matter in southern Sudan (but that also went unheeded).
And of course there is pressure to tiptoe around a U.S. leadership that ignores reality on climate, as on so many other things.
And of course there is pressure to tiptoe around a U.S. leadership that ignores reality on climate, as on so many other things.
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Of course there are terrible things happening across the planet: in the Middle East, in Ukraine, for that matter in southern Sudan (but that also went unheeded).
And of course there is pressure to tiptoe around a U.S. leadership that ignores reality on climate, as on so many other things.
And of course there is pressure to tiptoe around a U.S. leadership that ignores reality on climate, as on so many other things.