International Mountain Day 2023

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Restoring mountain ecosystems is the theme of this year's International Mountain Day on 11 December. This theme was selected to fully include mountains in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030, co-led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the UN Environment Programme. The Decade is an opportunity to...

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2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)

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The twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place on 30 November to 12 December 2023. It will be held in the United Arab Emirates.

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Mountain Innovation Fair

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UNU-EHS Global Mountain Safeguard Research programme (GLOMOS) invite applications for the First Mountain Innovation Fair from 23- 25 October 2023 in Bolzano, Italy.

Dealing with remoteness, a rugged environment, exposed to natural hazards and a fast-changing climate, mountain areas have always been challenged...

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Adaptation Futures 2023

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The Adaptation Futures Conference series is an international conference devoted entirely to climate change adaptation, bringing together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, industry representatives and communicators to present their work on adaptation, discuss emerging and cutting-edge issues, learn what others are doing, and build networks.

The Conference provides a chance to share expertise,...

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Forum Carpaticum 2023

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Science for the Carpathians has announced that 7th Forum Carpaticum conference will be held 25–29 September 2023 at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Further info will follow soon.

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Photo: ©Wojciech Gil

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2023 SDG Summit

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The 2023 SDG Summit will be convened on 19-20 September 2023, during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week. Heads of State and Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to follow-up and review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17...

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