Ongoing projects
Glacier Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Project in the Cordilleras of Peru. Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation / Ministry of Environment, Peru / CARE / Swiss
Scientific Consortium: Meteodat, EPF Lausanne. Info
PACC: Climate Change Adaptation Project Peru. Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation / Ministry of Environment, Peru / Helvetas-Swiss Intercooperation / Swiss
Scientific Consortium: MeteoSwiss, Meteodat, Agroscope, WSL, University
of Geneva. Info
HighNoon: adaptation to changing water resources availability in northern India with Himalayan glacier retreat and changing monsoon pattern. European Commission, FP7 / Alterra / University of Geneva (PhD: Raphael Worni). Info
AndesPlus: Development of Scientific Baselines for Climate Change Adaptation Projects. Andean Community, World Bank, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. Scientific Consortium: IIASA, Meteodat, MeteoSwiss, WSL
NELAK: New lakes in deglaciating high-mountain environments: climate related development and challenges for sustainable use. Swiss National Science Foundation, NRP61: Sustainable Water Management (PhD: Yvonne Schaub).
IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 5th Assessment Report. Lead
Authorship on Detection of observed changes and attribution to climate
change. Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, University of
Zurich. Info
Completed projects (selection)
Colombian - Swiss project on prevention of glacio-volcanic and
hydro-meteorological disasters, Colombia. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation / Colombian governmental institutions. Info
Satellite, airborne, and ground-based assessment of the cryosphere in the Copper River/Chitina basins and adjoining ranges (Alaska) from Late Glacial Maximum to now. NASA, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Rock-ice avalanches: a systematic investigation of the influce of ice.Swiss National Science
Foundation / WSL-SLF (PhD: Demian Schneider). Info
Slope instabilities in perennially frozen and glacierized rock walls. Swiss National Science Foundation (PhD: Luzia Fischer).
Monitoring of glaciers and glacier-clad volcanoes, Colombia. Fortalecimiento de la Red Ambiental de Colombia FORAC. Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) / IDEAM.
High mountain hazard prevention in North Ossetia, Russia. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation / Governmental institutions of the Republic
of North Ossetia
Glacier hazards at Macugnaga / Monte Rosa, Italy. Civil Protection Department,
Italy / Regione Piemonte
Remote sensing based modeling and assessment of hazards from volcano-ice interactions, Alaska. Swiss National Science Foundation / U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory.