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Adaptation at Altitude. Taking Action in the Mountains.
Adaptation At Altitude Solutions Portal
Highlight your work in an open access database on adaptation solutions for mountains here.
Mountains at the frontline of climate change
Mountains feature some of the clearest indications of climate change: rising temperatures, melting glaciers and changing precipitation patterns are disrupting water flows and affecting ecosystems, creating and worsening natural hazards and threatening livelihoods and communities both within the mountains and downstream.
Our Objective
The Adaptation at Altitude programme seeks to increase the resilience and adaptive capacity of mountain communities and ecosystems to climate change by:
- Improving the knowledge of appropriate climate change adaptation strategies in the mountains
- Transferring that knowledge through science–policy platforms to inform decision-making in national, regional and global policy processes
Adaptation at Altitude will foster exchange among the mountain areas of the world and seek short and long-term solutions to the problems arising from climate change.
Supporting the Adaptation at Altitude Knowledge Network
The Adaptation at Altitude (A@A) Knowledge Network is a global community through which we can share experiences and knowledge on adaptation in the mountains and collaborate to accelerate the uptake of innovative solutions.
The A@A Knowledge Network is hosted on the Climate Change Adaptation in Mountains theme on weADAPT – a place where all are welcome to share their knowledge, and learn from and connect with others working on climate change adaptation in mountains. Find out more about the Adaptation at Altitude (A@A) Knowledge Network here.
Mountains Connect
The Adaptation at Altitude programme has hosted an interregional action learning workshop and supports the online knowledge space www.mountains-connect.org. Seven collaborative videos present information and experiences on mountain range governance dimensions.
What We Do
Data, Information & Monitoring
We strengthen GEO Mountains, a flagship activity of the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), under the framework of the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
Regional Exchange & Collaboration
We facilitate science-policy dialogues in the Andes, East Africa, Hindu Kush Himalaya, South Caucasus and inter-regional collaboration and sharing of experience.
Global Policy Mainstreaming
We influence policy processes related to climate change (UNFCCC, Paris Agreement, Global Stocktake), disaster risk reduction (Sendai Framework for DRR), and the Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030).
Knowledge and Sharing
We support a community of practice on climate change adaptation in mountains and build a global database of adaptation solutions for mountain regions.
Partners
Adaptation at Altitude is a collaborative programme launched and co-supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
About Us
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