Mountains connect : Collaboration and partnership across mountain ranges – from the Andes to the Alps, Carpathians, East Africa, and Hindu Kush Himalaya

08/11/2022 08/11/2022

The world’s mountain regions are facing similar challenges in terms of accelerated climate change impacts, and there is a need to shift the understanding of mountain realities from the periphery towards the centre of global climate and environment discourse.

In June 2022, the Mountains Connect interregional workshop engaged representatives from the Alps, Andes, South Caucasus, Carpathians, East Africa, and Hindu Kush Himalaya to connect and exchange knowledge on climate change adaptation and regional governance in mountain regions. The workshop was undertaken as part of the SDC-funded Adaptation at Altitude programme and, with the support from the University of Geneva, hosted by UNEP in Vienna, Austria.

Building on the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development 2022 and the Mountains Connect workshop, this event at COP27 aims to share lessons learned around:

• Regional and interregional collaboration for climate change adaptation and sustainable climate-resilient development in mountain areas
• Promote the Mountains Connect virtual space (www.mountains-connect.org) as an online source of information about transboundary mountain governance

Jointly hosted by: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

For futher information:
Udayan Mishra [email protected]
Ansgar Fellendorf [email protected]