Mount Everest must be put on the United Nations endangered list because of the impacts of climate change, say campaigners urging the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The initiative is organised...

The world’s major bilateral donors continue to invest in climate change programming, primarily to comply with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change US $30 billion Fast Start Finance mechanism...

“Millions of people in the big cities are drinking water coming from these Central Asian mountains. And most of them, they don’t know where the water is coming from.” .Olman...

A few days before Christmas, the eastern slope of the Sass Maor has fallen to pieces. Known as one of the major peaks in the Dolomites, the Sass Maor had...

By 2050 more snow-free ‘black Christmases’ are likely to affect Rovaniemi, capital of the Finnish Lapland and official hometown of Santa Claus, a study led by the Centre for Mountain...

To coincide with the International Mountain Day, the State Institute for the Environment, Brazil (Instituto Estadual do Ambiente - INEA/SEA-RJ) promoted on 7 December 2011 a public meeting in the...

IMD 2011 was observed by CEE Himalaya as part of their Paryavaran Mitra program in two districts of Kashmir valley. Two schools - Baby’s Land Public School, Wakura in Ganderbal...

A “Workshop on Partnerships Best Practices and their contributions to Rio+20” will be held on 14 December 2011 at UN Headquarters in New York, US. It was convened as an initial discussion...

The MAB-6 Center, based in the Institute of Geography at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, has played a leading role in mountain research and development issues at the...

Uzbekistan Mountains occupy an area of 96 thousand square kilometers. Therefore, the republic is among the most mountainous regions in the world.

UNEP Vienna – Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention is pleased to invite you to the public event ”Why we care about mountains – from the Alps and the Carpathians...

A ‘Mountain Day’ event was held on 4 December 2011 in Durban, South Africa on the sideline of the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework...

Seeking to highlight the critical role mountain ecosystems play in climate adaptation and sustainable development, Mountain Day was held on 4 December 2011 during the 17th session of the Conference...

The “energy crisis” has been defined as one of the key issues of a “green economy” and is therefore on the agenda of the Earth Summit Rio +20. This issue...

Dear Mountain Friends, I will be attending the UNFCCC COP17 in Durban from 2 to 7 December 2011 On 4 December, I will participate in International Mountain Day delivering a presentation on...

Climate change poses severe threats to Himalayan nations. With 24 of its 2674 glacial lakes considered unstable, the Kingdom of Bhutan alone is preparing for an increase in "mountain tsunamis",...

There is still very limited awareness, let alone concern, at the global-level of the impacts caused by climate change in mountain ecosystems. The information available generally focuses on retreating glaciers....

Join the Mountain Partnership community in the campaign to ensure that mountain issues receive their strongly deserved attention in the Rio+20 agenda. An important World Mountain Conference recently concluded in...

The Kamla Raja Girls Government Post - Graduate College, Gwalior (Madhya, Pradesh in India) has opened a Call for papers to contribute to a book titled 'Natural Hazards Mitigation: Prediction...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has released a new publication titled ‘Green Economy for Sustainable Mountain Development: A Concept Paper for Rio+20 and Beyond’. The United Natio