Mountain Research Initiative MRI – The MRI is a coordination network fostering research collaboration among diverse mountain experts since the 1990s. We promote basic and applied research, exploring global change’s impact on mountain social-ecological systems.

State of the Cryosphere Report 2024

In the State of the Cryosphere 2024: Lost Ice, Global Damage report, over 50 leading

News

Open Call for Events | Launch of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025

To mark the start of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP) in 2025, a high-level launch event will be held on 21 January 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland, and online. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness, encourage action, and secure funding for ongoing initiatives. The event will begin with a prominent “curtain-raiser” […]

GEO Mountains, MRI News

MRI and GEO Mountains to be Represented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2024

MRI Scientific Officer Dr. James Thornton will represent GEO Mountains and the MRI at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2024, which will take place in Washington D.C., USA, from 9–13 December 2024. James will present a poster on The Unified High Elevation Observation Platform (UHOP), a joint initiative of the Elevation-Dependent Climate Change Working Group and […]

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Events

09.12.2024 – 13.12.2024

Geneva

The European Commons, Territories of Life and OECMs Conferences

Commons have existed since pre-Roman times in Europe, evolving over centuries to adapt to political

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The MRI is a coordination network fostering research collaboration among diverse mountain experts since the 1990s. We promote basic and applied research, exploring global change’s impact on mountain social-ecological systems.