Ethical fashion and global impact took centre focus in Rome’s historic Trajan’s Markets on 6 June 2025. As part of the Phygital Sustainability Expo®, the panel “Weaving Sustainability and Global Impact” spotlighted how fashion can support remote mountain communities, while advancing environmental justice, cultural preservation and more inclusive economies.  

Glaciers are melting faster than ever—and we need your help to capture what is at stake.  To mark International Mountain Day on 11 December 2025, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat has launched a global photo contest to highlight the vital role glaciers play in sustaining life in mountain regions and beyond.

In a powerful display of solidarity and urgent concern, local and provincial stakeholders gathered in Tuse village, Gandaki Province, for "Himalayas Talk: The Voice of Himalaya Parbat". Organized by Mountain Partnership member Save Our Himalaya First (SOHF) Nepal, in collaboration with over a dozen regional stakeholders...

As the world faces the cascading impacts of glacier retreat, over 2 000 delegates from 90 countries gathered in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, for the High-Level Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation. A flagship event of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025, the conference emphasized that coordinated global action can still prevent the loss of half the world’s glaciers... 

The Government of Nepal hosted the Sagarmatha Sambaad, the country’s flagship multi-stakeholder dialogue forum, from 16–18 May in Kathmandu, reaffirming its leadership in elevating mountain issues on the global climate agenda...

A new initiative by UN Tourism, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO) seeks to strengthen the connection between agrifood systems and tourism in seven Pacific Islands...

Every year, World Bee Day reminds us of how bees and other pollinators keep our planet healthy and our food systems thriving. The Plurinational State of Bolivia has taken an important step with the grand opening of its first honey library in Monteagudo, a sweet first taste for science, nature and communities alike. 

The annual assembly of the International Mountain Museums Alliance (IMMA) took place in Alp, in the heart of the Catalan Pyrenees on 6 May 2025. The gathering was hosted by the Servei General d'Informació de Muntanya in Sabadell, in collaboration with the Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya. 

Mountain regions especially in the world’s developing countries face growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, yet mountain communities have great potential for climate-resilient development and work to upgrade mountain products sectors such as organic food,...

Recognizing the vital role of mountain youth in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030, the Mountain Youth Hub (MYH) of the Mountain Partnership of the United Nations, with support from EvK2-CNR organized its second side event "From knowledge to action: Mountain youths’ role in advancing the global mountain agenda", during the 2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum...

Italy officially assumed the Presidency of the Alpine Convention on 22 January 2025 during the Alpine Conference held in Brdo, Slovenia. The handover follows the Convention’s biennial rotation of leadership among its Contracting Parties...

Seventeen students from Utah Valley University (UVU), Osh Technological University, Fordham University and Indiana University advocated for mountain women and girls at the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) from 10 - 14 March 2025.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Bureau of Agriculture (BOA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment held a series of workshops to support women groups and livestock farmers. On March 17 to 18 the inception workshop for the project...

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, reveals the extent to which climate disruption, biodiversity loss, and unsustainable activities are transforming mountain environments...

The first ever World Day for Glaciers on 21 March 2025 will sound the alarm that accelerating glacier melt risks unleashing an avalanche of cascading impacts on economies, ecosystems and communities, not just in mountain regions but at global level... 

Today CAI, CGI, CIPRA ITALIA, EUMA and Legambiente, together with a network of 60 signatories between NGOs, research institutions and other Organizations, present the European Manifesto for Glaciers at the University of Milan...

The Second Southern African Mountain Conference (SAMC 2025) commenced on Monday, 17 March amid a tangible sense of anticipation and a collaborative spirit at the Champagne Sports Resort, nestled in the heart of the Maloti-Drakensberg...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) is currently compiling inputs for the 2025 United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) report on sustainable mountain development...

Alex Alberto, research fellow at the UNIMONT hub of the University of Milan, spoke at the Conference for Young Botanists (CYBO) in Genoa with a presentation on the case study of the “Articiok di Malegno”, exploring the potential impact of work on landraces in valorizing mountain areas...

On Friday, 21 February 2025, Mountain Partnership member, the University of the Mountains (UOM) visited the village of Gra Lygia in the Lassithi region of Crete, to carry out a series of community-focused activities. The visit is part of a project led by the UOM for residents of mountain and island communities...