Announcement of the International Training Workshop on Climate Change and Water Safety Effect along CPEC
来源: CPJRC
时间: 2025-03-05
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Organized by:
China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences
Pakistan Academy of Sciences
UNESCO Chair for Mountain Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
(April 9-14, 2025 Islamabad, Pakistan)
I. Description
The United Nations declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation which is to raise global awareness about the critical role of glaciers, snow and ice in the climate system and the hydrological cycle, and the economic, social and environmental impacts of the impending changes in the Earth’s cryosphere.
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), 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, as well as from Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan.
VI. Training Content
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:
VIII. Expenses & Certificates
IX. Application Process
1. 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.
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)
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)
Introduction to China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences
China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences (aka., CPJRC) is a scientific research and talent education institution established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (HEC) and located at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. It’s aimed to promote bilateral cooperation between China and Pakistan in earth sciences and capacity building of Pakistani scientists as well as those in the neighboring countries.
Introduction to Pakistan Academy of Sciences
The Academy is a non-governmental and non-political supreme scientific body of distinguished scientists in the country, and devoting to the promotion of science and its applications for the general welfare of humanity. The Government of Pakistan has given the consultative and advisory status to the Academy “on all problems relating to the development of scientific efforts in the country”, and “generally on such matters of national and international importance in the field of science as may be referred to the Academy”. The affairs of the Academy are regulated by its Charter and Bye-Laws approved by the Fellows. At present, there are 87 Fellows, 34 Foreign Fellows, and 27 Members, who have been elected by the General Body. The President and Secretary General of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences are Prof. Dr. Kauser Abdullah Malik and Prof. Dr. M. Aslam Baig.
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