For more information, please visit: Announcement of the International Training Workshop on Climate Change and Water Safety Effect along CPEC----中巴地球科学研究中心

Organized by: China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, UNESCO Chair for Mountain Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience

Date: April 9-14, 2025

Location: Islamabad, Pakistan

Application deadline: March 31, 2025

Note: IRDR young scientists who indicate their status at the time of application will have priority in admission.

I. Description

Building upon the robust research capabilities in cryosphere and cryospheric disaster research and observation at the China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences (CPJRC) and the UNESCO Chair for Mountain Disasters Risk Reduction and Resilience (hereinafter called “UNESCO Chair) ,the training program endeavors to offer scientific and technological training courses for countries along the China Pakistan Economic Corridors (CPEC) as well as Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) countries. This training initiative is designed to nurture talents in science and technology while fostering collaboration in science and education among different countries.

II. Objective 

The objective of the training program is to enhance participants' capacity for climate change, cryosphere and disaster reduction in HKH regions, thereby advancing scientific understanding of glacial，permafrost, snow cover, and other cryospheric elements changes, and strengthening international cooperation.

III. Duration

April 9-14, 2025

• April 9: 15:00-19:00 registration

• April 10-14: Training Course

IV. Location

Islamabad, Pakistan

V. Teachers

Prominent scholars engaged in cryosphere, water resources and disaster researches from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, and the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences which are partner institutes of CPJRC and where the UNESCO Chair is hosted, as well as from Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan.

VI. Training Content

• Climate and Cryospheric Changes

• Cryospheric Database

• Cryospheric disasters and its Impacts

• Permafrost Change and Its Impacts

• Black Carbon and Cryospheric Change

• Spaceborne-Airborne-Ground Based Monitoring in Glacier Dynamics and their Hazard Assessments

• China Glacier Inventory and Technical System

• China Snow Cover Survey and Relating Technologies

• Cryospheric Hydrology and Water Resources Change and Their Impacts

• Extreme Climate Change and its Impacts

• Indus River Basin Water Resources

• Cryospheric Database Technologies

VII. Participants (by application)

Management officers and scientific researchers engaged in cryosphere research, ecology, disaster reduction and earth sciences in universities and research institutes of countries along the CPEC regions with specific requirements as follows:

• Age under 45 years old;

• Proficient in listening, speaking, reading, writing of English；

• During the training period in Pakistan, respect Pakistani customs and abide by regulations of the training.

VIII. Expenses & Certificates

• All expenses such as international round-trip airfare (for limited international participants from developing countries), inter-city transportation for Pakistani students, local accommodations and meals during the training workshop in Islamabad will be covered. No registration fee shall be charged;

• Certificates of CPJRC will be conferred to the participants who have completed all the courses of the training workshop.

IX. Application Process

Applicants are required to complete the attached application form in English and and send it back with their professional curriculum vitae (CV) in English (no more than two pages) to Ms. Qing ZENG at zengqing@imde.ac.cn.

The organizer will review all the applications on the basis of their CVs and invite eligible candidates for the training program. All applicants will be informed of the evaluation result.

• Application deadline: March 31, 2025.

X. Organization

Sponsored by:

• The Alliance of National and International Science Organizations for the Belt and Road Regions (ANSO)

Co-Organized by:

• China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences (CPJRC)

• UNESCO Chair for Mountain Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience

• Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS)

• Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIEER)

Supported by:

• Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMHE)

• Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU)