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On 10 December at 21.00, the Aosta Regional Library "Bruno Salvadori" will host the event "Va' Sentiero, sui clivi e sui colli. Storia di una spedizione lungo le montagne d'Italia" (Go on the path, along the slopes and hills. Story of an expedition along the mountains of Italy).

MOVING is organizing a European Multi-Actor Platform (EU MAP) webinar on 16 December 2021, from 10:00 to 12:00 (CET). By participating in the webinar, participants will be able to find out more about MOVING project results and the EU MAP, and get to know some of the specific traditional or emerging value chains working on innovation and climate change resilience in the MOVING project.

Yaoundé Cameroon together with the African Network for the Protection and Education in the Environment are organizing a mountain hike, to be held on 11 December. The hike will be followed by a discussion on the importance of preserving mountains.

The Centre for Environment Education (CEE) has initiated the CEE Academy, in which they are running short-term certificate courses on ecosystem restoration. December is devoted to mountain ecosystems. They will conduct a session on 11 December observing International Mountain Day.

Adaptation at Altitude and the Inter-Parliamentary Union have organized a webinar on "Climate change and forced migration in mountain areas: What are the solutions?" in observation of International Mountain Day. The webinar will discuss migration and internal displacement due to climate change in mountain areas, and explore a variety of solutions that increase mountain communities' resilience and capacity to adapt, by addressing some of the root causes of climate migration.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' Subregional Office for Central Asia in Turkey is celebrating International Mountain Day 2021 with a hike.

The event "Challenges for sustainable tourism in a globalized world", co-organized by Eurac Research's Center for Advanced Studies with the support of the GLOMOS Programme of UNU-EHS/Eurac Research, will take place on 6 December.

Malawi will join the global community in commemorating International Mountain Day on 11 December, in Zomba Mounatin City. The Malawi Government through the Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources, Tourism, Culture and Wildlife has developed a task force to organize the event. Activities will include press briefings, tree planting, group hikes and more.

International Mountain Day will be celebrated in Moscow, Russian Federation at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on Friday, 10 December and at the Russian Geographical Society on 13 December.

The Reading Mountains Festival is a way to connect people that love books and mountains, despite them being physically apart. Book lovers and authors, mountaineers and artists throughout the Alps (and beyond) have a chance to discuss similar issues and evaluate the meaning, impact, and purpose of Alpine literature.