Today, 70 years after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first scaled Mount Everest, the Earth's tallest mountain is undergoing unprecedented and largely irreversible change caused by global warming.
Global temperature...
A new documentary film by The Porter Voice Collective, a member of the Mountain Partnership, looks at the global trekking industry's impact on porters and examines challenges as well as...
Invest Appalachia, an impact investment organization serving the people of Central Appalachia in the United States of America and a member of the Mountain Partnership, released the new report Climate...
On 15–16 May 2023, the President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Csaba Kőrösi, visited the State of Utah in the United States of America,...
Since its establishment in 2021, the rooftop garden of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been making strides in urban agriculture and sustainability efforts. This...
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has opened applications for the third edition of its Best Tourism Villages initiative. UNWTO's Members States can present up to eight villages through their National...
Mountain Research and Development (MRD) journal invites submissions for its peer-reviewed MountainDevelopment and MountainAgenda sections. The first spotlights transformation knowledge: How can we solve problems and tap opportunities for greater sustainab
On 8 May, the “Aqua Team for Sustainable Development” course kicked off, offering a unique opportunity to explore the latest advancements in sustainable water management and investment. The two-week online...
Over 200 participants from 20 countries worldwide convened on 16–18 April 2023 for the Third Mountains Future Conference: Mountain Communities in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China....
Celebrations of the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development 2022 officially concluded on Wednesday, 26 April 2023 with a ceremony at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
The Mountain Partnership is guided by an 18-member Steering Committee that represents the diversity of the entire membership and ensures geographic representation. A new Steering Committee is elected approximately every four years. Most recently,...
Mountain tourism, if managed sustainably, has the potential to boost the incomes of local communities and help preserve their natural resources and culture. However, a lack of data and knowledge...
The application for the Creative Mountains project "Travedding" contest is now open. Bloggers and photographers are invited to enter for a chance to join one or more art expeditions in...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UNU-EHS Global Mountain Safeguard Research programme (GLOMOS) invite applications for the first Mountain Innovation Fair, to be held on 23–25 October 2023...
Mountains are the world's water towers – providing water to both people living in the mountains and to around 2 billion people living in connected lowland areas. The Sustainable Development...
"Empowering rural women in mountains is crucial to eradicating hunger and poverty," said Rosalaura Romeo, Interim Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, during the 67th session of the Commission on...
The University of Turin will launch a new degree programme focused on mountains in the 2023-2024 academic year. The open-access course, titled "Science and Technology for Mountains (MONTES)", provides students...
An international group of 14 women from the Mountain Women of the World network successfully summited Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest peak in the western hemisphere. In recognition of...
The Mountain Partnership is guided by an 18-member Steering Committee that represents the diversity of the entire membership and ensures geographic representation. A new Steering Committee is elected approximately every...
"Technologies such as the internet are allowing mountain women to organize themselves into 'networks of solidarity'," said Sara Manuelli, Advocacy and Outreach Officer at the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, at the...
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