World Farmers Market Coalition - 2nd General Assembly

12/07/2024 - 13/07/2024

The second General Assembly of the World Farmers Market Coalition will be held on 12 and 13 July 2024 in Rome, Italy. The General Assembly will be opened by a welcome...

Adaptation at Altitude Knowledge Network learning event - Lessons Learned: Designing and Implementing Transboundary Adaptation in Mountains

Virtual Event, 09/07/2024

Join for a panel discussion on transboundary climate risks and how to successfully design and implement cross-border adaptation projects! Mountains suffer some of the most visible impacts of climate change: rising temperatures and changing precipitation.

United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

08/07/2024 - 17/07/2024

The 2024 session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is scheduled to take place in July 2024, marking the 12th session of this forum. The session will...

Evaluation workshop for project "Enhancing community resilience to climate change in mountain watersheds"

02/07/2024 - 04/07/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) project "Enhancing Community Resilience to Climate Change in Mountain Watersheds" (GCP/GLO/042/JPN), funded by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and...

Annual Meeting of the Council of Member Countries of the Andean Mountain Initiative

01/07/2024 - 05/07/2024

The Annual Meeting of the Council of Member Countries of the Andean Mountain Initiative (AMI) encompasses the Ordinary Meeting of the AMI along with a series of workshops aimed at...

Mountain forests masterclass: Insights from the field

Virtual Event, 27/06/2024

In the lead up to the 27th Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 27) and the 9th World Forest Week, this event is dedicated to spotlighting success stories from...

IPROMO Summer School 2024

24/06/2024 - 09/07/2024

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is pleased to announce the call for applications for the 17th IPROMO summer school. This annual training programme on sustainable mountain development is jointly organized by the...

IUFRO World Congress 2024

23/06/2024 - 29/06/2024

The IUFRO World Congress 2024 is a collaborative global network platform with great opportunities for knowledge sharing and getting access to the latest science and research. The outcome of the...

3rd World Biodiversity Forum

17/06/2024 - 20/06/2024

Un­der the theme "From Sci­ence to Ac­tion", the third World Bio­di­ver­si­ty Fo­rum (WBF) will bring to­geth­er re­searchers across all disc­iplines of bio­di­ver­si­ty sci­ence with prac­ti­tion­ers and so­ci­etal ac­tors to ex­plore...

MOVING Final Conference

13/06/2024 - 14/06/2024

The Eureopean Union (EU)-funded MOuntain Valorisation through INterconnectedness and Green Growth (MOVING) project is culiminating after four years. The MOVING Final Conference will take place in the afternoon of 13 June and in the morning of 14 June in Brussels Belgium.

The conference will bring together policy-makers, research institutions, mountain organizations and other stakeholde...

Joint action for the Alps – conserve, connect and restore

12/06/2024 - 14/06/2024

The upcoming conference "Joint action for the Alps – conserve, connect, and restore" will be held from 12 to 14 June 2024 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. This international conference is...

Side event: Human mobility in the context of climate change in mountain areas – evidence, gaps and priorities

11/06/2024

The International Organization for Migration will be hosting a side event at the 3rd High-Level International Conference on International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028 in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan. The...

3rd Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference

10/06/2024 - 13/06/2024

The outgoing 2023 was a remarkable year in the realm of water sustainability. The Dushanbe Water Process has made significant contributions to the global water domain, particularly in the success...

UNFCCC SBSTA 60 - Expert dialogue on mountains and climate change

05/06/2024

The first-ever global stocktake concluded at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) and included five mentions of mountains, including an official request for an expert dialogue on mountains and climate...

SBSTA 60 side event: Mobilizing the Mountain Partnership countries for addressing climate change

04/06/2024

Within the Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions 2023-2027 framework, this side event will foster the engagement of governments, including UNFCCC national focal points, on key actions...

Phygital Sustainability Expo

Hybrid Event, 04/06/2024 - 05/06/2024

The 5th edition of Phygital Sustainability Expo will take place on 4-5 June 2024 at the Museum of the Imperial Forum in Rome. Phygital Sustainability Expo will welcome 100...

60th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 60)

03/06/2024 - 13/06/2024

The 60th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) is scheduled to take place in June 2024.  Photo by Irina Koledova

International Expert Dialogue on Mountains, People and Climate Change

22/05/2024 - 23/05/2024

The Government of Nepal is eager to work with other governments and agencies, especially mountain countries and partners, to better recognize and promote mountain agendas and solutions. Nepal has promoted mountain agendas with regional...

Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences

19/05/2024 - 21/05/2024

The Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences will be held on 19-21 May 2024 in Florence, Italy. The event will empower the linkages with different disciplines, policy-makers, stakeholders, institutions and associations to effectively address civil society needs within agriculture, forestry, environment, urban planning, energy, education and other societ...

UNFF19 side event: "Five Years of Action for the sustainable development of mountain regions: promoting mountain forests"

10/05/2024

Mountain forests make up to 28 percent of all natural forest cover worldwide. Mountain forests provide a wide range of ecosystem services, such as stabilizing slopes, regulating the hydrological cycles,...