Snowman Run & Climate Change action | 24 Aug Mountain Echoes

“Glaciers are melting, polar ice caps are thinning and coral reefs are dying. Climate change threatens the well being of all mankind. Today our consumption of renewable natural resources is 50% larger than nature’s capacity to regenerate. Every

second, rainforests the size of a football field disappear, Water problems affect half of humanity. It is quite clear now, that we will be handing to our children, a world which has been, in so many ways, made worse than when we inherited it.”

His Majesty the King’s Speech at Keio University, Japan, 2011

His Majesty’s treks to the Lunana Region along the Snowman Trail : 2008; 2016; 2018

Hindu Kush Himalayas are Melting….

SCIENCE-regional

• Even with global warming being limited to 1.5 ° C, the HKH region will experience at least 0.3 ° C higher than the average global temperature.

• Rising trends of extreme warm events have been observed over the past five or six decades .

• The HKH region is warming up three times faster than the global average.

IMPACT

• Glaciers are melting twice faster than 20th century and no snow replacement.

• 2/3rd of the glaciers in the HKH predicted to be gone by the turn of the century if we don’t act.

Ref.: ICIMOD,2019 HKH Assessment Report

A unique opportunity to mobilize for nature and people in 2020 via an integrated approach to the climate, nature and development agendas

First review of progress against

the environmental targets of the SDGs

75th UN anniversary an opportunity to identify

where to redouble efforts to address global challenges

Convention of Biological Diversity CoP in China and

Aichi targets reviewed

2020

National Determined Contributions become

operational; opportunity to raise ambition

THE ACCELERATING SPEED OF NATURE LOSS

THREATENS PEOPLE AND LIFE ON EARTH.

In 2020, we have an incredible opportunity to make

an ambitious global commitment to restore nature: a

New Deal for Nature and People. Every one of us

can help make this happen.

‘NEW DEAL FOR NATURE AND PEOPLE’

WE NEED A NEW DEAL FOR NATURE AND PEOPLE

Trial Runs by Experts

1st Trial Run : From Sephu to Gasa - Oct 14 – 19, 2017

(Standard Tourist Trek Duration – 9 Days)

1. Jan Gisle, Finnish : Completed in 3 nights 4 Days

2. Dorji Tshewang, Sephup (36 yrs) : Completed in 3 nights, 4 Days

3. Liro Kakko, Finnish: Completed in 5 nights, 6 Days

4. Support team : RBA Soldiers

2nd Trial Run : From Gasa to Dhur Village – Oct 19 – 27, 2018. Completed in 8 nights, 9 Days

(Standard Tourist Trek Duration – 21 Days)

1. Christian Gamsjaeger, Austrian

2. Liro Kakko, Finnish

3. Jan Gisle, Finnish

4. Dorji Tshewang, Sephup

5. Layaps – Ap Wangyel 63 yrs ; Choda, 42 yrs

6. Support Team: RBA soldiers

Route Calibration Run 13 Oct 2019

THE

LIGHTEST FOOTPRINT

WINS

Campaign ConceptsThe Snowman Run 2020 +

Climate Action Forum

Confidential & Proprietary

IT’S THE WORLD’STOUGHEST RACE.And we’re all in it together!

The Kingdom of Bhutan launches The Global Race To Carbon Neutral –(celebrating) with a high-altitude ultra marathon of unseen proportionsthrough the most unseen region of the greater Himalayas.

Will you join our race? >

Luis Escobar, Global Trail running Expert, International Race Director

IT’S ABOUT TO GET EPIC.

The World’s Top Runners vs. The World’s Toughest Trail

Killian Jornat, World Best ultra trail Runner

And Bhutan’s Best !!

The Snowman Trek ‘Worlds Toughest Trek’

• One of the hardest high altitude and challenging treks

• 6 mountains over 7000 meters • 347 Kms (216 miles ) distance • Elevation From 2850 meters to 5340 meters • 11 Passes and many Glaciers • Runs through 2 National Parks – JDNP and

WCNP

‘Gangkar Puensum’ 7570m World’s highest Unclimbed Peak

The Route

5,340 m Snowman Run Highest Point

4810 meters 4478 meters

Mt. Blanc, France Highest Mt. in Western

Europe

Mt. Mattehorn , Italy & Switzerland

IT’S A GLOBAL

SHOWDOWN.

Oh yeah it’s on! The World’s Ultimate Foot Race…(By special invitation from the Royal Government of Bhutan,)

this October 13-17 2020, twenty-five of the world’s top professional and amateur

elite runners will pit themselves against what may prove to be the most challenging

(and remote) foot racing course ever invented.

Their goal:Bring awareness to the impacts of global warming on the greater Himalayas,

and inspire positive and practical social action in the race against climate change.

IT’S AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT.

A 2-day Climate Action Leadership Summit(In the Kingdom of Bhutan) Celebrates The Global Game Changers Of Carbon Neutrality

The Royal Government of Bhutan will also host the “first annual Climate Action Leadership Summit” after the 5-day Snowman Ultra Foot Race, to raise the ambition ofcitizens, business leaders and government leaders towards carbon neutrality.

LIGHTEN YOUR FOOTPRINT!

Global movement to plant 100 million trees around the world !!

“Our study shows clearly that forest restoration is the best climate change solution available today.”

- Tom Crowther, ETH Zürich Researcher

AND EVERY TREEMATTERS.

Just ONE new tree will lighten your CO2 footprint by:

Up to 48 pounds of CO2 per year and 1 ton of CO2 over 40 years.

In Addition to:Sustaining birds, insects, micro fauna and wildlifeRegulating the local environment/temperatureCleansing air of toxinsDampening soundProviding shade

BUT YOU CAN

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

JOIN THE TEAM!

The Kingdom of Bhutan invites you

to join our team of global game-changers

to win the race against climate change.

Citizens + Industry + Government

“The 2020 Snowman Run is a call for Bold and Transformative action by the Global Community, A Call to be part of a Historic Movement for Saving our Planet from

the Greatest Crisis that Humanity has ever faced”

www.snowmanrun.org