The CDR Group at IMC2025

This session examines how science, policy, and civil society can be integrated to enable transformative action in mountain regions, highlighting frameworks and practices for transdisciplinary collaboration and co-production of knowledge.

Co-convener: Lydia Pedoth

This session examines the drivers, processes, and impacts of drought in mountain regions, with a focus on hydrological mechanisms, climate variability, and adaptive management strategies.

• Understanding the main drivers of hydrological drought in a large alpine watershed, Galletti A.; Shrestha S.; Terzi S.; Castelli M.; Bertoldi G.

This session addresses water scarcity in mountain areas, focusing on the socio-environmental conflicts it generates and exploring governance frameworks and adaptation pathways for sustainable water use under climate change.

• Adaptation Pathways to foster Water Governance under Climate Change in Mountain Regions: A case study from Valle dei Laghi (Italy), D'Alonzo V.; Robbiati G.; Cocuccioni S.; Santato S.; Castellani C.; Carrer S.; Andreoli E.; Bressi F.; Franceschetti N.

This session investigates systemic risks and cascading hazards in mountain regions, highlighting innovative methods and interdisciplinary approaches to assess multi-hazard dynamics and their impacts on societies and ecosystems.

• Computing the impact from cascading multi-hazards for preparedness in Nepal, Dunant A.
• Analysing multi-hazard risk in the Alps by integrating Forensic Analysis and Impact Chains, Cocuccioni S.; Romagnoli F.; Olaya Calderon L. J.; Wenzel T.; Atun F.; Schneiderbauer S.; Pittore M.

This session focuses on bridging science, policy, and civil society to foster transformative and transdisciplinary collaborations in mountain regions, aiming to co-produce actionable knowledge and support long-term climate adaptation.

• Community-based risk mitigation planning in Alpine areas – experiences from the X-Risk-CC-project, Pörnbacher M.; Chizzola R.; Crespi A.; Zebisch M.; Renner K.; Bozzoli L.
• Overcoming Barriers to Transdisciplinary Collaborations in Mountain Regions: An Adaptive Framework for Actionable knowledge co-production, Romagnoli F.; Dalla Torre C.; Gantioler S.; Maino F.; Pedoth L.; Pörnbacher M.; Ravazzoli E.; Recalde Martinez A.; Schneiderbauer S.; Zebisch M.
• Co-developing and implementing sectoral Climate Change Adaptation tools at District scale in South Tyrol, Carnelli F.; Pörnbacher M.; Pedoth L.

This session examines resilience as a holistic concept in mountain social-ecological systems, going beyond adaptation to also highlight transformative and inner dimensions. By acknowledging humans as part of nature and recognizing the complexity of interconnected systems, the session invites diverse perspectives on how resilience can serve as an assessment tool, a navigation guide under uncertainty, and a framework for shaping desirable mountain futures.

• From Risk to Vision: Participatory Foresight for climate resilience in South Tyrol, Pedoth L.; Scolozzi R.; Maino F.; Pörnbacher M.; Carnelli, F.

This session investigates mountain precipitation and hydroclimate processes in a changing climate, focusing on feedback mechanisms, extreme events, and the implications for water resources and risk management in high-altitude regions.

• A High-Impact Precipitation Event database for the Alps (1961-2023), Lemus-Canovas M.; Crespi, A.; Pittore, M.; Zebisch, M.; Brunner, M.
• A 1-km gridded dataset of daily precipitation observations for the Adige River catchment (1990-2023): data evaluation and assessment of systematic errors through snow height records , Yousefi A.; Crespi A.; Bertoldi G.; Bozzoli M.; Galletti A.; Zebisch M.; Pittore M.