‘Mountains 2016’ to focus on climate change
07.04.2016
Euromontana, the European Association of Mountain areas with the Mountain Research Centre (CIMO) of the Polytechnic institute of Bragança (IPB) and the Association for the Development of Viticulture in the Douro Region (ADVID) in Portugal are organizing the X European Mountain Convention, focusing on “Mountains’ vulnerability to climate change: how can people and territories adapt and mitigate its effects?” on 3-5 October 2016 in Bragança, Portugal.
The European Mountain Convention is a major event on the European political agenda for mountains. Every other year, 300 to 400 delegates from mountain areas across Europe participate, all willing to work together on the sustainable development of mountain areas. They include members and non-members of Euromontana – representatives of local and regional authorities, farmers’ organizations, environmental agencies and research institutes from the EU as well as Switzerland, Norway and the Balkans.
This year’s meeting will be dedicated to climate change. Indeed, mountain areas have difficult climatic and environmental conditions, but mountain peoples are used to adapting to these. Thanks to their great experience of innovation and adaptation, they have already started to tackle the challenge of climate change. The X European Mountain Convention will take a look at the current situation in mountain areas and how experience and technical knowledge have been used to provide solutions to adapt to and mitigate climate change. The focus will be on solutions not only at the policy level, but also at the practitioners’ level, on different topics, such as agriculture, forestry, energy, water, biodiversity, transport, tourism and natural hazards.
Thanks to this event, participants will gain a better understanding of the impacts of climate change in mountain areas and have a better overview of integrated strategies for mitigation and adaptation already adopted in different mountain ranges. In addition, they will explore responses and actions of mountain actors to reduce impacts and benefit from opportunities, and facilitate exchange of ideas between mountain stakeholders so that they can compare, improve and transfer good practices, and interesting adaptation and mitigation initiatives.
Participants will also have the possibility to develop new contacts with mountain actors from all over Europe and enjoy great field visits in the mountains of Portugal.
The X European Mountain Convention will be followed by the First International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions on Ecosystem Services, which will take place on 5-7 October in Bragança, Portugal. Both events are combined to promote sustainable development in mountains, based on science, knowledge and innovation, under the name “Mountains 2016”.
Reduced prices if you register before June 2016, so do not hesitate and register now to the X European Mountain Convention.
For more information and registration, please go to the Euromontana website or the website of the Mountains 2016 events.
Photo: CIMO
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