Human activities are profoundly affecting the world’s climate, and mountains are a sensitive indicator of that effect. Because of their altitude, slope and orientation to the sun, mountain ecosystems are easily disrupted by variations in climate. Many scientists believe that the changes occurring in mountain ecosystems may provide an early glimpse of what could come to pass in lowland environments.
As the world heats up, mountain glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates, while rare plants and animals struggle to survive over ever diminishing areas, and mountain peoples, already among the world’s poorest citizens, face even greater hardships.
Changes in the volume of mountain glaciers and in their seasonal melting patterns have an impact on water resources in many parts of the world. Changes in water availability due to climate change are taking place at a time when pressure on water resources for irrigation and food production, industrialization and urbanization is increasing.
Understanding how climate change affects mountains is vital as governments and international organizations develop strategies to reverse current global warming trends, elaborating treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In addition, local community empowerment can be an essential step towards building climate change resilience in mountains.
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![]() IPROMO Latinoamericano 2023 concludes, alumni network welcomes the course’s 40 graduatesnewsOn 15 September 2023, the second edition of IPROMO Latinoamericano drew to a close, concluding an engaging two-week virtual training programme focused on the theme "Sustainable management of high altitude socioecosystems in Latin America: Changes and continuity in mountain landscapes". IPROMO Latinoamericano 2023, held from 4 to 15 September, brought... Read more » |
![]() State of Climate Action in Nepal, 2023: Second Citizen AssessmentpublicationThis report, entitled "State of Climate Action in Nepal-2023: Second Assessment", brought endeavours and accomplishments mainly from the civil society perspective with key ways forward in addressing critical climate issues in Nepal. Building on the previous "State of Climate Action in Nepal" report published in 2018, Climate Action Network South Asia-Nepal (CANSA-Nepal) continues... Download » |
![]() Observatory will lead a EUR 20-million climate adaptation project in the PyreneesnewsThe Working Community of the Pyrenees (CTP) through the Pyrenean Climate Change Observatory (OPCC) is leading the new PYRENEES4CLIMA project in which 46 other Andorran, French and Spanish entities are participating, with the aim to strengthen resilience in the Pyrenees through the application of climate adaptation measures. This PYRENEES4CLIMA project... Read more » |
![]() MPS announces updates to mountain funding and education databasespeak to peakThe September 2023 issue of Peak to Peak announces updates to the Mountain Partnership's online education and mountain resource mobilization databases. Top news stories cover a village in the Greater Caucasus region of Azerbaijan developing a participatory land-use plan to protect mountain soils, Mountain Partnership (MP) member The Little Earth... Download » |
![]() Empowering youth voices in Central Asia: OSCE summer school spurs engagement on climate change and security in mountain areasnewsFrom 17 to 26 August 2023, 20 young people from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan to learn about climate-related security risks in mountain areas and deliberate on innovative solutions and collective actions to mitigate these risks. The summer school was... Read more » |
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