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Mountain regions moving towards carbon neutrality

From: 07.12.2018 to: 07.12.2018

Mountain regions worldwide are strongly affected by climate change. Temperature rise tends to be larger than in flatlands; the widespread melting of glaciers is a particularly visible impact of global warming in the landscape. Yet many more repercussions on the natural resources, as well as the increased risk from natural hazards, affect the environment, the population and the economy of mountain regions and, at the same time, millions of people downhill who rely on the water, wood and other services provided by the mountains.

This side-event is being organised by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism – Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Presidency of the Alpine Convention and co-organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention. Helmut Hojesky (tbc), Head of Climate Policy Coordination, Austrian Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism – Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Presidency of the Alpine Convention will be opening the event.

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