Solutions for adapting to climate change in mountains: an exchange of lessons learned and ways forward

Summary

Date and time: 17 September 2025 | 13:30-15:00 (CEST)

Location: International Mountain Conference (IMC), Innsbruck, Austria

Mountains feature some of the clearest indications of climate change, disrupting water flows and affecting ecosystems, creating and worsening natural hazards and threatening livelihoods and communities both within the mountains and downstream. Identifying and sharing best practice solutions (defined as technologies, approaches, and/or processes to reduce expected losses or harness benefits) are vital in accelerating the uptake and scaling up of innovative adaptation strategies in the mountains.

This session at IMC is convened through the Adaptation at Altitude Knowledge Network: a global community of practice through which stakeholders working on or interested in climate change adaptation in mountains share experiences and knowledge with the goal of increasing the resilience and adaptive capacity of mountain communities and ecosystems to climate change. Building on the meetings and learning events held since its inception in 2023, this session will bring together stakeholders to exchange and showcase solutions for adapting to climate change in mountains.

The session will open with an introductory presentation, and be followed by a “marketplace” of projects and solutions adapting to climate change in mountains to aid learning, collaboration, and knowledge exchange. It will close with a discussion of best practices, shared gaps and challenges, and a Q&A.

How to get involved

Attending the International Mountain Conference? Join our in-person session to exchange knowledge on climate adaptation solutions in mountains. More information can be found on the IMC website.