World Day for Glaciers and World Water Day 2026

UNESCO, WMO and the IYGP Community will celebrate the World Day for Glaciers and the World Water Day at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris on 18-19 March 2026, closing the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025 and launching the new Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences with dedicated sessions and side events highlighting the vital links between cryosphere, water and gender equality.

18-19 March 2026
UNESCO Headquarters
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CliC Side Event at World Day for Glaciers 2026

CliC is co-hosting an in-person side event alongside the WCRP Academy and UNESCO Co-Chairholders in Mountain Water Sustainability. Climate and Cryosphere will be represented by Amy Lauren Lovecraft (SSG co-chair) and Miriam Jackson (SSG member). Joint session details below.

Side Event 13: Science to Societies: Ethical and Action-Oriented Adaptation to Cryospheric Loss
19 March 2026
14:00-15:30 (CET)
Room IX, UNESCO Headquarters
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