Cyrosphere Pavilion programme at COP30

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Website: https://iccinet.org/cop30-cryosphere-pavilion-schedule/
Location: Cyrosphere Pavilion, Blue Zone Belém, Brazil
Dates: Monday, November 10 – Thursday, November 21, 2025

Monday, November 10
• 14:00–15:15 | Grounded on ice: Early career scientists bridging the cryosphere and our future

Tuesday, November 11
• 10:00–10:45 | Scientific revisions, policy decisions: Climate effect of black carbon in the Arctic
• 14:00–15:15 | Climate overshoot challenges: Peatland warming, risky assumptions, and temporary CDR solutions
• 19:45 | Indigenous-led initiatives to govern frozen commons

Wednesday November 12
• 10:00–10:45 | The future of tropical glaciers relies on today’s policies
• 14:00–15:15 | Super pollutants, Arctic shipping, myths and realities
• 17:00–18:15 | Navigating Arctic Ocean protection: Current status and future directions

Thursday, November 13
• 10:00-10:45 | Warming of 1.5°C is too high for polar ice sheets
​​• 15:30-16:45 | Bridging climate finance gaps: Lessons from Bangladesh’s coast and hilly areas
• 18:30-19:45 | Launch of the state of the Cryosphere Report 2025 ⭐
• 19:45 | Frozen heritage & sinking islands: The fight to preserve culture in a warming world 

Friday, November 14
• 15:30-16:45 | Permafrost-climate feedbacks & how is permafrost mapped from space and on the ground?
• 18:30-19:45 | Permafrost thaw is warming the global climate and impacts communities, health and oceans

Saturday, November 15
• 10:00-10:45 | Adapting to a changing cryosphere: Lessons from the Andes on securing water and reducing risks
• 12:30-13:45 | Addressing barriers to glacier-related financing
• 18:30-19:45 | Wild animals from the polar regions to the Amazon: An important climate tool for ecosystem resilience

Monday, November 17
• 10:00-10:45 | Tipping points for Earth’s frozen regions
• 17:00-18:15 | Educating for the cryosphere: 5 years of lessons learned and future pathways for impact
• 18:30-19:45 | Policy briefing: Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment 

Tuesday, November 18
• 10:00-10:45 | Forecast-based financing: A pathway for anticipatory adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region
• 15:30-16:45 | Fragile frontlines: An atlas of loss and damage in the third pole
• 18:30-19:45 | Zero waste for mountain & coastal resilience: Ending waste burning to safeguard the cryosphere
• 19:45 | Stories on ice: Serendipity & serenity – Creative pathways to polar and mountain cryosphere learning

Wednesday, November 19
• 10:00-10:45 | Antarctic tipping points outlook
• 15:30-16:45 | International year of glaciers’ preservation/decade cryosphere
• 18:30-19:45 | Quiz: State of the cryosphere report 2025 ⭐
• 19:45 | Arctic visions: What’s happening in the Arctic?

Thursday, November 20
• 10:00-10:45 | The response of emperor penguins to changing ice conditions
• 14:00-15:15 | Latest science on the AMOC ⭐
• 18:30-19:45 | Safeguarding the Polar Regions from Dangerous Geoengineering

Friday, November 21
• 10:00-10:45 | Connecting past, present & future: Early career scientist presentations
• 11:00-12:15 | Solar Cooking – A pathway to emissions reduction and climate crisis mitigation