Call for Abstracts (AGU25) H073 - Global Change and Water Security: Upstream-Downstream Challenges in Asian Mountains
Iulii Didovets
We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract to the Session Title: H073. Global Change and Water Security:Upstream-Downstream Challenges in Asian Mountains
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Dates: 15–19 December 2025
AGU Sections: Hydrology (primary) | Global Environmental Change | Cryosphere
Session Info: H073
Abstract Deadline: 30 July 2025
Session Description: This session invites presentations exploring the complex dynamics of water security in Asian mountain regions in the context of the pressing challenges from global change. The high mountain regions of Asia are vital headwaters for major river basins supporting billions of people downstream. These areas are undergoing substantial changes in water availability and demand driven by climate warming, glacier retreat, land use transformations and socio-political pressures. Changes pose urgent questions about the resilience of coupled human-natural systems in upstream and downstream communities. We invite diverse contributions that examine these challenges in the context of water security. Topics include, but are not limited to: Cryospheric change linked to hydrological responses; Changing water availability, demand and allocation across transboundary basins; Climate vulnerability and adaptation in headwaters communities; and how these topics affect and linkto water security. We highly welcome studies focusing on integrated and holistic approaches that explicitly cover upstream–downstream linkages.
Conveners:
Iulii Didovets - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Timo Schaffhauser - Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Markus Disse - Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Fred Hattermann - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Best regards,
Iulii Didovets
Project Lead CLIMPACT and AQUASIA
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Research Department II: Climate Resilience
Phone: +49(0)331 288 2406
dido...@pik-potsdam.de
