Centre for Research on the Alpine Environment
The CREALP - Center for Research on the Alpine Environment - is a non-proit foundation based in Sion.
Hazard Assessment of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood and Potential of ICTs for Coping
This poster is one of the posters featured at the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from April 24-30 2015.
Stakeholder Cost benefit analysis
Image: http://svenaake.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/lake-chilwa/
Lake Chilwa basin is a very important catchment that is providing livelihoods to more than 117,031 farm...
Lessons learned from Bhutan NCAP Project
The main output from our project is the hazard and vulnerability maps for GLOFs along the Puna Tsang Chu from Khuruthang to Lhamoizingkha at the Bhutan-India border....
Key findings from Bhutan NCAP Project
Figure 1: Decadal changes in glacial lakes in the Lunana area.
An attempt has been made to map the changes of the glacial lakes in the...
Case Study: Ebro Delta
Ebro Delta from above
The Ebro delta is a good example of the vulnerability of Mediterranean deltaic environments to climate change, and the interactions between...
Adaptation Fund: Reducing GLOF risks
Project approved for funding by the Adaptation Fund Board, June 2010
Project DescriptionAs glaciers retreat due to increasing temperatures glacial lakes start to...
Adapting to Glacial Lake Outburst
A major proportion of Bhutan’s population is settled in fertile valleys along a number of river systems. When Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) occurs the lives and property of many...
Video: Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in the Everest region
This programme focuses on the impact of climate change on the glacial ecosystem in the Himalayas and its people. It was filmed entirely in the Solukhumbu district,...
