“Without cohesive and effective adaptation and mitigation plans, climate change has the capacity to undo the progress of development and plunge millions more into poverty,” said the Prime Minister of...
On 10 May, the Governments of Kyrgyzstan, Italy and Nepal, in collaboration with the UN Group of Friends for Mountains, hosted a side event at the 19th Session of the...
In honour of the 150th anniversary of the Museomontagna, the International Mountain Museums Alliance (IMMA) and the International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF) held their annual general assembly meetings together...
Invest Appalachia (IA), member of the Mountain Partnership, has closed its final round of commitments to the Invest Appalachia Fund (IA Fund) with a total of USD 35.5 million. The...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the resolution adopted on 2 May 2024 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to declare 2026 as International...
On 23 April, within the framework of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) co-organized a side event aligned...
Recognizing the vital role of mountain youth for advancing sustainable mountain development and countering the effects of climate change on mountain environments and communities, the Mountain Youth Hub (MYH) organized...
The Adaptation at Altitude team has released a short documentary that explains the global team's mission and motivation for addressing adaptation issues in the mountains. Through interviews with renowned experts,...
The Global Network on Observations and Information in Mountain Environments (GEO Mountains) is a Work Programme Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), co-led by Mountain Partnership member the...
The Mountain Partnership's 2023 training course "GROW – Agrobiodiversity in a changing climate" featured an innovation contest on the importance of biodiversity for creating jobs in agriculture. Participant Ysa Calderón...
The University of Milan's University of the Mountain (UNIMONT) campus is now accepting applications for the master's degree programme "Valorization and sustainable development of mountain areas" (MOUNTAINSIDE – class LM-73).
Taught...
“Mountain solutions for a sustainable future – innovation, adaptation, youth and beyond” is the theme of this year's International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December.
Over centuries, mountain communities have developed...
The 12th World Congress on Snow, Mountain and Wellness Tourism identified key challenges, among them climate change and evolving consumer trends, while recognizing the role tourism can play in the...
During a side event at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), Mountain Youth Hub co-founder and co-leader Ritikaa Gupta from Canada called for the...
A new brief has been published that synthesizes experience and learning captured on the Adaptation at Altitude Solution Portal that show how Indigenous knowledge (also termed local or traditional knowledge) has...
European mountainous regions host communities deeply entrenched in pastoral traditions within which pastoralist women play an indispensable role in sustaining local practices, preserving ecological balance, and fostering socioeconomic development. To...
The Journal of Maps is inviting submissions for an article collection on geohazards and their susceptibility mapping for land use planning and risk management. Contributions concerning (but not limited to)...
Mountain Partnership member the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations launched a statement during the UN 2023 Climate Change Conference with the support of the Zero Water Day Partnership, a...
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on 26 February 2024 to declare 2027 as the International Year of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism.
The resolution invites the World Tourism Organization...
"Mountainlikers: Sustainability and wellbeing, the keys to mountain tourism" will be the theme of the 12th edition of the World Congress on Snow, Mountain and Wellness Tourism, which will take...
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