The diminishing cryosphere: transdisciplinary investigation of societal impacts
CliC
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
· Design of a framework based on the unique local nature of the cryosphere as well as a global phenomenon.
· Addressing human rights aspects including “loss and damage” and the “right to be cold” as explained by Shelia Watt-Cloutier.
· Adaptation to, and substitutions for, cryosphere services
· Adaptation to, and avoidance of, cryospheric hazards
· Public engagement and citizen science
· Scenarios of possible cryosphere futures and adaptation by humans and ecosystems
· The effects of a diminishing cryosphere as linked to food production and subsistence (Indigenous food provision)
· Legal and governmental regimes to protect the cryosphere or adapt to its loss.