Events

International Mountain Day 2023

Venue: Global

From: 11.12.2023 to: 11.12.2023

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...

UNFCCC COP 28 / Food and Agriculture Pavilion event - Restoring mountain ecosystems - International Mountain Day 2023

Venue: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

From: 11.12.2023 to: 11.12.2023

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 11 December the International Mountain Day (IMD) in 2002. The Day raises awareness of the importance of mountains for life, to highlight opportunities and...

UNFCCC COP 28 / Cryosphere Pavilion event - Mountains of opportunity: how to leverage funding for climate adaptation

Venue: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

From: 10.12.2023 to: 10.12.2023

Mountain areas are key for climate adaptation efforts due to their transboundary and global importance (natural hazards, water towers, global biodiversity hotspots), high vulnerability to climate change, and tendency to...

UNFCCC COP 28 / Cryosphere Pavilion event - Elevating mountains and the cryosphere to the forefront of international processes

Venue: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

From: 10.12.2023 to: 10.12.2023

Mountains, as the world's water towers and integral elements of the cryosphere, are vital to billions of inhabitants in mountains and connected lowland areas. Yet mountains are under threat from...

UNFCCC COP 28 - Taking Action for Humanity and the Planet

Venue: Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Online

From: 07.12.2023 to: 08.12.2023

Climate change presents a threat to human health. It affects the physical environment and ecosystems communities depend on for their health, livelihoods, survival and well-being. Climate-sensitive health risks are disproportionately...

MRD Talk #06: How can knowledge support restoration and conservation of mountain ecosystems for the benefit of people and nature?

Venue: Online

From: 06.12.2023 to: 06.12.2023

"Restoring mountain ecosystems" is the theme of this year's International Mountain Day on 11 December. A few days ahead of this, the MRD Talk #06 aims to contribute to this...