Water Paradoxes: Atacama Desert Project Symposium
In the face of accelerating global warming and advancing desertification, the symposium “Water Paradoxes: The Atacama Desert as an Extreme Laboratory for Climate, Extraction, and Design” will bring together leading experts in arid zones, water management, critical minerals, renewable energy, cultural heritage, and urban and architectural design. The symposium will examine how climate change and extractive economies are transforming the world’s oldest and driest desert—and how the Atacama’s extreme water conditions offer vital insights for other regions confronting similar pressures.
Through provocative discussions and cross-disciplinary exchange, the symposium seeks to rethink how we understand and respond to the intertwined challenges of global warming, water scarcity, and desertification. Its debates and outcomes aim to inform the strategies, governance frameworks, and design approaches needed to navigate these transformations in the decades ahead.
Visit the conference website for details: https://www.atacamadesertproject.com/symposium/
