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Trends in climate adaptation solutions for mountain regions

04.10.2024

Mountain Partnership member, Adaptation to Altitude, has published a new study that reviews climate adaptation
solutions in mountain regions using data from the Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal. The study addresses the urgent need to document adaptation progress in these areas. Using a data-driven approach, the research explores the characteristics, feasibility...

Regional contest on ecosystem-based adaptation

03.04.2017

Practical Action, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its Regional Portal for Technology Transfer and Action on Climate Change in Latin America...

UIAA hiring Director of Operations

30.03.2017

The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) is looking for a Director of Operations for its headquarters located in Bern, Switzerland. The successful candidate will report to the...

March 2017 update on mountain protected areas

29.03.2017

The 93rd edition of the Mountain Protected Areas Update, the quarterly newsletter of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)...

Costa Rica celebrates mountain cultures

28.03.2017

International Mountain Day 2016 was celebrated at national level in Costa Rica last December with a forum held at the Ministry of Environment and Energy in San José, Costa Rica....

Italian mountain products survive earthquakes

24.03.2017

In Italy, recession and limited GDP growth have prevailed during the last decade, and in the Apennine Mountains, incomes are particularly low. In addition, recent earthquakes have reduced tourism. Historians...

MRD calls for papers, mountain ecosystem links

21.03.2017

The connections between food, water and energy constitute a complex system that interacts with mountain ecosystems and factors of change. Mountain Research and Development is looking for papers...