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Mountain resolution approved at the United Nations

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The Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) of the United Nations General Assembly approved the new resolution on sustainable mountain development on 22 November 2022 during its seventy-seventh session. The resolution, which was co-sponsored by 110 States, discusses the social, environmental and economic statuses of mountain peoples and ecosystems and...

Mountain Partnership at COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

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A series of side events at COP27 provided an opportunity to discuss how to strengthen participation of mountain people in national and international policy processes and called for greater climate adaptation following scientific recommendations.

Mountain Partnership members from across the world called for an increased coordinated support...

United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain Development (2022)

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Resolution approved by the United Nations General Assembly on sustainable mountain development at seventy-seventh session. A/RES/77/172

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Working with mountain communities could help water systems adapt to climate

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In a new paper, Imperial College London researchers outline how integrated water strategies that include scientists working directly with mountain communities on the ground could help them drive their own climate adaptation and boost water security.

Mountains are the water towers of the world, but this water source is under...

UNFCCC COP 27 side event - IPCC Cross-Chapter Paper 5: Mountains - sharing knowledge to promote adaptation initiatives in mountains

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The recent publication of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and its Cross-Chapter Paper 5 provides an opportunity to discuss how scientific evidence can be used to strengthen participation of mountain people in national and international policy processes.

Understanding the need for adequate and coordinated support in mountain regions, this session...

Season 2 of “Voices from the Roof of the World” out now

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Alarms are ringing throughout the world: the most ruinous floods in Pakistan's history, the worst drought in a generation in East Africa, Everest base camp turned from a frigid outpost to a lakeside camp. These are all signs that climate change is accelerating. Ian Fry, the UN Special Rapporteur on...