Global Meeting provides new momentum for mountains

Global Meeting provides new momentum for mountains

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The October 2022 issue of Peak to Peak shares the highlights from the recent Sixth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership held on 26-29 September 2022 in Aspen, United States of America. Top news stories include an overview of the high-level discussion on mountains hosted by the Government of Kyrgyzstan...

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City of Aspen proclaims 26 September 2022 “Week of the Mountain Partnership”

City of Aspen proclaims 26 September 2022 “Week of the Mountain Partnership”

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Torre, the Mayor of the City of Aspen, declared the week of 26 September 2022 as the "Week of the Mountain Partnership" in an official proclamation made during the Sixth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership. The proclamation recalls that the City of Aspen was the first United...

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BRS Secretariat joins Mountain Partnership, co-organizes side event at Global Meeting

BRS Secretariat joins Mountain Partnership, co-organizes side event at Global Meeting

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In September 2022, the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS Secretariat) became a member of the Mountain Partnership, the United Nations voluntary alliance dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples, and protecting mountain environments around the world. The BRS Executive Secretary, Rolph Payet, welcomed the...

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2nd Global Mountain Sustainability Forum

2nd Global Mountain Sustainability Forum

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While humans have always shaped their environment, industrial modes of production and living as well as the capitalist growth imperative have propelled the appropriation and commodification of labour and natural resources to previously unknown dimensions. This development has been accompanied by rapid social change and unintended environmental side-effects, such as...

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Keeping our mountains plastic waste free - policy brief

Keeping our mountains plastic waste free - policy brief

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Mountain areas host both sprawling cities and rural settlements, providing a home for about 15 per cent of the global population. Linked to global supply chains and as a consequence of population growth, overconsumption and tourism, the generation of waste – especially plastic waste – is surging across mountains. This...

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Global Meeting provides new momentum for mountains

Global Meeting provides new momentum for mountains

news

Delegates from 97 mountain countries around the world endorsed the revised Advocacy and Communication strategies as well as the Governance Paper of the Mountain Partnership and Aspen Declaration during the Sixth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership in Aspen, United States of America.

The Mountain Partnership is the United Nations voluntary...

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