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The best news stories on climate change in the Himalayas to be selected in India

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The Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP) of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in partnership with the Third Pole invite professional journalists to submit their media reports on climate change in the Indian Himalayas for a competition. The competition is being organized to encourage appropriate reporting of climate...

Conference on EU Funds and mountain areas

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EU funds are an important tool for the local development of mountainous areas. This conference, aimed at planning, management, promotion and training institutions, agencies and organizations, has been organized by ARS.UNI.VCO to help make the most of them. The seminar will also provide an overview of the EU planning general...

The Role of Mountain Ecosystems in the Geo Work Program

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During this side event, organized by EvK2Cnr in collaboration with the Mountain Partnership and the Department of Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies (CNR), the GEO Gnome, the GEO Global Network for Observation and information in Mountain Environments, will be presented. The GEO Gnome aims at capitalizing on previous achieved...

Building resilience to climate change in mountain areas

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International Mountain Day 2013: Global Celebrations

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Photos of the International Mountain Day celebrations from all over the world on 11 December 2013.

UN event highlights the need to include mountains in the global development agenda

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Mountain countries and organizations urged the UN on 8 January 2014 in New York, USA, to include mountains in the Post-2015 development agenda as they are ‘vital to sustainable development’. Speaking at a side event of the UN General Assembly’s Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), diplomats...