Discover the Paris Call for Glaciers and Poles  adopted at the summit

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Discover the scientific report on the cryosphere  attached to the Paris Call

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Discover the civil society recommendations  made at the Summit

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At the National Museum of Natural History, a scientific forum bringing together the international scientific community was held on November 8 and 9. The political segment with leaders and figures from the glaciers and polar worlds, joined by the French President, has taken place on November 10 in the Great Galery of Evolution of the Museum.


View the program of the summit

Relive the sessions of the summit


 

Launching of the high level meeting between heads of State and government, international organizations, explorers, NGOs and indigenous populations

Listen to the messages sent  to heads of State and government from glaciers and polar regions

Presentation of the Paris Call for Glaciers and Poles by the President of the Republic


Find a presentation of the Paris Call for Glaciers and Poles and of the Ocean Rise and Resilience coalition


The Arctic and Antarctic are today major strategic areas on which the planet's equilibrium largely depends. Like the oceans to which they are intrinsically linked, the North and South Poles play a central role in climate regulation and the preservation of biodiversity. Actors and first victims of climate change, they are also sounding the alarm.

The state of the world's glaciers and high plateaus is no less worrying; they show the extent to which the collapse of the cryosphere on a global scale can have effects on populations, ecosystems as a whole, water resources, sea-level rise…

If the phenomenon of cryospheric collapse is irreversible, the world's leaders must take it into account in order to enable ecosystems and populations to adapt to the challenges and disasters already visible. The effects of climate disruption, which are warming the Arctic and Antarctic very strongly and causing the Greenland ice sheet and sea ice to melt, as well as the Antarctic glaciers and other emblematic glaciers such as the Himalayas and Kilimanjaro, justify an exceptional and concerted mobilisation of the international community.

France has adopted its first National Polar Strategy in 2022, explained here. It does not only provide new resources for scientific research, but also sets a number of international objectives, including the organisation in France in 2023 of the first international summit for glaciers and poles, in the form of a One Planet Summit.

Logo Peace forum


The November 2023 edition of the Paris Peace Forum "Seeking Common Grounds in a World of Rivalry" hosted this One Planet Summit at a time when, subject to growing geopolitical tensions and increasing economic exploitation, the already fragile glacial and polar worlds are under threat to their ecosystems.

For the first time, researchers and scientists from over forty glacial and polar nations met in Paris to share their findings and observations with IPCC and IPBES experts, as well as with the heads of international institutions, NGOs, representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities, the private sector involved in these regions, and the political leaders of countries present in the Arctic, Antarctic and glacial worlds.

The summit has also involved the remote participation of researchers from the various scientific stations at the poles and glaciers, international polar operators and great figures in polar and glacial exploration.

 

Partners for the organization of the One Planet-Polar Summit:


   world   Unesco    unesco cryo

article circle icimod  wgm    iugg

scar          iasc         apecs        ocenao     Файл:ESA logo.png — Википедия

institut polaire    AWI      cnfraa



 

Glaciers and poles at the heart of debates: press content

Outcomes from the summit

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"Poles, like glaciers, are part of the French imagination. From Kerguelen to Dumont d'Urville, from Paul-Emile Victor to Jean Malaurie and Jean-Louis Etienne, poles have inspired the heroism, courage and determination of generations of explorers and scientists. The same is true of our national territory, as glaciers bear the imprint of legends and exploits, the dreams of artists and the ice axes of mountaineers. Through poles and glaciers, the quest for knowledge and beauty, of victories over oneself rather than over nature, of pride and universal aspiration, has been written. It is this same spirit that we aim to bring together during the three days of the One Planet Summit on poles and glaciers in Paris.

For today, these territories, where the human spirit has learned to measure the limits of its powers and strength, require the same propensity to go beyond national interests, as well as a great deal of wisdom and commitment to protecting them. Hundreds of scientists from all over the world, along with representatives of governments and civil society, will be meeting in Paris to take stock of a major phenomenon - the accelerating collapse of the cryosphere. Melting ice and rising sea levels are already putting hundreds of millions of lives at risk.

Melting permafrost brings with it major risks of C02 release and potential new pandemic threats. The disappearance of glaciers represents an immense challenge for the populations that depend on them, particularly for access to fresh water. All of humanity is therefore concerned. By the end of this century, two billion people will be threathened.

The cryosphere is an essential resource for our planet's equilibrium. We cannot watch its collapse in silence. Even if geopolitical tensions are intensifying on an international scale, we have one imperative: to preserve these spaces as havens of peace, scientific cooperation and environmental ambition, while respecting the sovereignty of all.

This first world summit on poles and glaciers will be an opportunity for the scientific community, politicians, non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples and explorers, as well as the general public, to spring into action. It will be an opportunity to commit to the targets of the Paris Agreement, to increase scientific cooperation to better understand the interactions between climate and the cryosphere, to protect ecosystems, and to better adapt to the consequences of melting ice, which have already materialized.

In an international environment where our points of reference are being shaken up, in the face of the return of war and the denial of our common rules, let's use this Summit to demonstrate that we are still capable of writing a new page in this great polar and glacier story, made up of progress, adventure, transmission and universal cooperation.

This is the meaning of the coalition of committed countries and actors we have brought together today, and will develop further, as well as of the Paris Appeal for glaciers and poles that we will all be launching together on November 10 at the National Museum of Natural History."


Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic

 

 

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