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 The UNCSD Rio+20 summit and the future we want: Mountains, living solutions for development30.05.2012Issue 52 - Month 05 - Year 2012
Mountain goods and services sustain our future and are at the heart of a green economy. During Rio+20, a Mountain Pavilion will showcase this and more. While theMountain Partnershipwill share the building blocks of a forward-looking strategy at its Third Global Meeting
Mountains generate essential goods which will become increasingly scarce in the 21st century: they provide fresh water and biodiversity. Their immaterial goods, such as landscapes, cultural heritage and clean air, are becoming more and more important in our globalized world. However, mountains are particularly sensitive ecosystems. They are highly vulnerable to, while proving to be early warning indicators of, climate change. Adaptation to climate change calls for ecosystem specific measures. This requires not only a high degree of adaptation for around 800millionmountain people, but also for downstream and urban populations. To seize the opportunities and address the challenges of the future we want, we need to work together for a brighter, and greener, sustainable development. On solid mountain ground.
OLMAN SERRANO MOUNTAIN PARTNERSHIP SECRETARIAT COORDINATOR
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