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by James Thornton.

February 2024: Alex Massot – a colleague from the GEO Mountains Secretariat – and I have been kindly invited to extend our stay in Colombia by a group of mountain researchers, led by Professors Maria Elena Gutiérrez and Enrique Ángel from Universidad EIA

The team are keen to show us the spectacular mountain environment in which they work, and give us a first-hand impression of some of the challenges it faces and which, with support from GEO Mountains, they are working intensively to better understand.

The International Mountain Conference 2025 will take place 14-18 September in Innsbruck, Austria. Join representatives of GEO Mountains for a focus session and workshop.

A compilation of information regarding four projects supported by the GEO Mountains Small Grants Programme 2023 was selected for inclusion in a high-profile Mountain Partnership publication entitled ‘Promoting innovation and tradition: Solutions for climate change adaptation in mountains’.

The WMO Coordination Group on Satellite Data Requirements for RA III and RA IV is seeking feedback on the utilization of satellite data to improve services for the forecast, advisory, and warning of priority weather hazards.

On the 26 November 2024, 32 participants from around the world joined the second GEO Mountains General Meeting of 2024 virtually. Opening with words of welcome and introduction were given by the Initiative’s Co-Leads.

We would like to thank everyone who submitted a proposal to the GEO Mountains Small Grants Programme 2024–2025. In total, 99 proposals were received. 

We warmly congratulate the 10 projects which were selected following external review. Each will receive up to CHF10,000. 

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.

The GEO Mountains Task Groups Kick-Off Meeting took place on 9 October 2024, marking an important step in the advancement of GEO Mountains' Implementation Plan for 2023-2025.

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