The water-energy-food nexus: why mountains matter

The water-energy-food nexus: why mountains matter

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Together with the Government of Nepal and ICIMOD, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat has organized a side event on "The water-energy-food nexus: why mountains matter". The side event will take place on Monday 26 March 2012 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, back to back with the...

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Paragraph 94 on Mountains, "a model for others"

Paragraph 94 on Mountains, "a model for others"

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At the recent UNCSD Informal consultations, delegates continued their first reading of Section V of the “Zero Draft” (Framework for Action and Follow-up). Below is IISD’s press coverage on the discussions on paragraph 94 on Mountains (Thursday, 22 March 2012):

Mountains: SWITZERLAND proposed text on, inter alia, integration of...

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Global Change and the World’s Mountains: Supplement Issue of Mountain Research and Development

Global Change and the World’s Mountains: Supplement Issue of Mountain Research and Development

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Mountain Research and Development is pleased to announce the publication of a Supplement Issue containing keynote papers, a synthesis paper and policy papers that emerged from the 2010 “Global Change and the World’s Mountains” conference, which took place in Perth, Scotland, from 26 to 30 September 2011. The peer-reviewed keynote...

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1 February 2012, India: Enhancing Participation of Women in the Green Economy

1 February 2012, India: Enhancing Participation of Women in the Green Economy

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On February 1, 2012, Earth Day Network, in partnership with The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), will host a day-long WAGE forum in Delhi, India. To accelerate and provide the new thinking and creative power for a global post-carbon economy, Earth Day Network is engaging women business, government and NGO leaders...

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World Water Day 2012: Water, mountains

World Water Day 2012: Water, mountains' "blue gold"

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It’s our planet’s most precious resource and our cities our powered by it: it’s water! And water comes from mountains.  It flows from the watersheds at higher altitudes creating life along its course, all the way down to the river deltas.  The sustainable management of water is the single most...

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Water, mountains’ “blue gold”

Water, mountains’ “blue gold”

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It’s our planet’s most precious resource and our cities are powered by it: it’s water! And water comes from mountains. It flows from the watersheds at higher altitudes creating life along its course, all the way down to the river deltas. The sustainable management of water is the...

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