From the Andes to East Africa: Announcing the GEO Mountains Small Grants Recipients for 2026-2027
Eight projects spanning mountain regions across Africa, Asia, and the Americas have been selected for support through the GEO Mountains…
GEO Mountains Youth Ideathon 2026: Empowering the Next Generation of Mountain Practitioners
Turning Earth observation into action: At the GEO Mountains Youth Ideathon 2026, early-career researchers and practitioners worked alongside experts and…
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Water, Glaciers, and Health: NexGLAS Project Explores a Hidden Climate Risk in Peru
New research supported by a GEO Mountains Small Grant is shedding light on an overlooked consequence of glacier retreat in…
GEO Mountains and WOCAT Community Event Explores Challenges of Monitoring Land Degradation in Mountain Regions
At the GEO Symposium in Geneva, GEO Mountains and WOCAT convened a community event exploring the specific challenges of monitoring…
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MRI Contributes to Inter-Regional Mountain Adaptation Dialogue at Mountains Connect Workshop in Bhutan
From 20–22 April 2026, the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) participated in the Second Mountains Connect Inter-regional Workshop in Thimphu, Bhutan,…
Vanishing Ice, Vital Insights: GEO Mountains-Backed Research Tracks Disappearing Glaciers in Peru
New research supported by a GEO Mountains Small Grant is helping scientists better understand how glaciers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca…
GEO Mountains Task Group 3 Moves Forward on NAP Supplement for Mountain Adaptation
On 16 March 2026, GEO Mountains Task Group 3 (TG3) reconvened to advance the development of a technical supplement to…
Within REACH: Safer Hydropower Infrastructure in High Mountain Asia
Supported by a GEO Mountains Small Grant, the REACH project delivers a regional-scale assessment of rock and ice avalanche risk…
Twenty Years on the Mountain: What Kilimanjaro Is Teaching Us About Climate Change
High above the farms and forests of northern Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro has been quietly recording the story of a warming…
New Dataset: Spatialised Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Mountain Regions
GEO Mountains is pleased to announce the release of a new global dataset on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in mountain…