In 2014, the Mountain Research Initiative Elevation-Dependent Climate Change Working Group held a workshop to consider the evidence for accelerated climate warming at high elevations. This resulted in a publication in Nature Climate Change which brought the issue to the attention of the worldwide community. In 2022, a second workshop focused on elevational gradients of […]

The UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, established in 1971, promotes the sustainable management of biodiversity and human-nature interactions. The programme operates through the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR), which currently includes 759 biosphere reserves across 136 countries, covering approximately 5% of the Earth’s land surface. Every ten years, UNESCO convenes the World […]

The focus of this meeting will be on transformative change – what it means, how it occurs, and the roles that all actors can play in promoting and accelerating it. The IPBES capacity-building forum brings together institutions and organizations supporting, or interested in supporting, the work on capacity-building under IPBES. It provides an arena to increase […]

Inclusive Bioeconomy: Mountain-Based Approaches for Nature Positive and Climate Resilience Background The Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, will host the 4th Mountain Futures International Conference in Kunming, China in September 2025. The five-day conference will focus on the theme: “Inclusive Bioeconomy: Mountain-Based Approaches for Nature Positive and Climate Resilience.” This event will […]