Building Climate Change Resilience in Mountains

16 November 2013 - Warsaw, Poland

Held on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum on the sidelines of the Conference of the Parties (COP 19) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the event looked at the need to address glacial melt caused by climate change and its far-reaching impacts on the water cycle and the livelihoods of mountain and lowland communities. It highlighted how local community empowerment is essential to building climate change resilience in mountains. Participants included representatives of UN agencies, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). 

The session was organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS), the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) with support from the World Bank.

To see the presentations given by the panellists during the session, click on the links on the right side of this page.

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Global Landscapes Forum addresses mountains
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