Andes Regional Dialogue 3: Ice-free mountains, futures under construction: adaptation and life beyond the glaciers

Summary

This regional dialogue will conclude the 2025 series by emphasizing that, although glaciers are disappearing, their legacy can inspire sustainable futures through the integration of scientific knowledge, practical and technological innovation, and ancestral wisdom. Innovative strategies for addressing glacier loss will be highlighted, with an emphasis on water resilience and risk management, productive reorganization in tourism, and biodiversity conservation.

In this dialogue:

• Explore new geographies of water and tools to prevent disasters and ensure water resilience.
• Learn about regenerative tourism and environmental education experiences on glaciers, highlighting the resilience of women leaders like the Cholitas Escaladoras.
• Address the coexistence between threatened wildlife and communities in glacial habitats undergoing transformation.

The programme will take you from the Andes (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile) to Central Asia.

Speakers

• Fabian Drenkhan (Pontificia Universidad Católica-PUCP, Perú)
• Lía Gonzales (Cholitas Escaladoras, Bolivia)
• Sebastián Goldschmidt (Proyecto Nilus, Chile)
• Ramiro Garrido (Guía de montaña, Ecuador)
• Maarten Hofman (UNEP, Asia Central)

Debate and Reflection with Vilisa Morón (IAM-CONDESAN); Presented by: Saskia Flores (CONDESAN) and Lohengrin Cavieres (University of Concepción, Chile).

Registration details

Save the date and participate in this space for dialogue to understand and respond to changes in the Andes. Simultaneous translation will be available!

Visit our website for more information and to download materials from previous dialogues.