We are pleased to announce that we are launching the MountResilience Community of Practice on Climate Change Adaptation and we encourage all mountain stakeholders engaged in climate change adaptation to join the CoP to learn, exchange and boost climate action in the mountains!
On World Water Day and World Glaciers Day, we call more than ever to strengthen Europe's commitment to preserve glaciers, whose melting, especially in the Alps, poses a serious threat to Europe's water supply.
Euromontana recently contributed to the European Commission’s public consultation on the EU Public Procurement Directive to share the voice of mountain communities.
After one year of research, testing and implementation, the ESPON project RURALPAN has come to an end. The project, coordinated by the County of Innlandet, aimed to develop strategies to improve territorial planning in shrinking societies.
Euromontana has been selected together with 30 other European organisations to form the new European Board on Agriculture and Food (EBAF). We will be represented by Mario Grillo, 1st Vice-President of Euromontana, and will share the messages and demands of Europe’s mountains for better recognition and support of mountain farming!
We are launching its new database of good practices! The tool allows users to discover good practices driving change and sustainable development in mountain areas across Europe.
On 11 December, International Mountain Day, Euromontana and the Government of Catalonia presented the Puigcerdà Declaration in Brussels, calling for greater political support for mountains in the face of the challenges ahead.
Of the 500,000 hectares burnt in 2023, about 210,000 hectares (41%) belong to Natura 2000 sites. Mountain areas are biodiversity hotspots and are home to a large proportion of these protected areas, around 43% in the European Union.
The European Court of Auditors has recently focused on adaptation in mountain areas in a report concluding that significant gaps and inconsistencies in implementation at the local level are hampering adaptation to climate change