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A few weeks ago, the third report on the Winter Olympics 2026 was released by the NGO network Open Olympics 2026. The text is only available in Italian, but here is a brief summary in English ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#MilanoCortina2026
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Whether you are celebrating or not, whether you are on top of a mountain or in a crowded city, we would like to thank all mountain lovers who have followed and supported us again this year in our fight in defence of the mountains. Happy Holidays to all of you!
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Want to know more about the webinar we held on #IMD2025 entitled "Glaciers: A Story Worth Preserving"?
While waiting for the video recording - to be published soon - read the article below!
It provides a brief summary and interesting insights #IYGP
mountainwilderness.org/2025/…
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A first glimpse of what our event
"Glaciers: A Story Worth Preserving"
for #InternationalMountainDay 2025 will be like...
Next week, celebrate #IMD2025 with us!
To register, follow link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#mountainsmatter #shrinkingglaciers
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On Dec 11, we are celebrating International Mountain Day with an online event: "Glaciers: A Story Worth Preserving". The webinar is part of the Reading Mountains Festival organised by the Alpine Convention, under the aegis of FAO. Please register to join:
eventbrite.it/e/glaciers-a-s…
Mountain Wilderness International retweeted
🏔️ Glaciers lost 450 gigatons of water in 2024.
This is enough to form a block of ice 7 km tall, 7 km wide, and 7 km deep or to fill 180 million Olympic swimming pools.
Help us amplify #Glaciers2025: we need urgent climate action now.
🔗 bit.ly/4ivRNPc
The Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee met with Citizens Collective #JO2030 last week. The UN monitoring body criticised the lack of transparency, deemed their appeals admissible & ruled that France "will have 5 months to present additional arguments"
insidethegames.biz/articles/…
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For centuries Til, in the Limi valley on the Tibetan border, has weathered epidemics, natural disasters and geopolitical upheavals while preserving a rich cultural heritage. But the uncertainty brought by the changing climate may be the death of it. #Nepal
theguardian.com/global-devel…
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Saúl, a Quechua-speaking mountain guide, farmer and father who lives in the Andean highlands, was the lead plaintiff in a landmark climate lawsuit against the German energy firm RWE.
theguardian.com/environment/…
Snow cover in Italy - where 90% of slopes use artificial snowmaking - has decreased by half in the past 100 years. And even the #IOC has recognised it is a problem that needs tackling. Only 10 countries would still be able to host #WinterOlympics in 2040
france24.com/en/live-news/20…
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Nunapitchuk is just one of 144 Native villages in Alaska that will need to relocate because of infrastructure damage caused by the climate crisis... theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
We support CIPRA International's open letter to Commissioner Tzitzikostas, urging him and the 8 Alpine countries to take steps against the increasing traffic burden in the Alpine region, in view of the ECJ's decision on the case brought by Italy v. Tyrol cipra.org/en/positions/open-…
Between Spain & France, the Pyrenees mountain range contains the last remaining vestiges of colder times, when low temperatures & ice reigned supreme... Read our new article & our monthly feature on the world's glaciers. This time it's #MontePerdido's turn
mountainwilderness.org/2025/…
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Witnessing the melting #glaciers...
Thank you to #FazalKhaliq for reporting on the all-women advanced course in environment-friendly #mountaineering we held this year in Pakistan's mountainous districs of Swat and Chitral
#womenempowerment #MountainsMatter
wenewsenglish.com/witnesses-…
Mountain Wilderness International retweeted
Newly published work by an international science team says the natural cooling mechanism of mountain glaciers will break down by mid-century. A @uafairbanks scientist is on the team, which analyzed from 62 glaciers. #climate gi.alaska.edu/news/mountain-…
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025, Mountains and glaciers: Water towers report draws worldwide attention to the importance of mountain waters, including alpine glaciers, in the sustainable development of mountain regions
unesco.org/en/articles/unite…
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The Patagonian village of El Chaltén is a paradise for hikers. But the seasonal influx of tourists stretches the sanitation infrastructure to breaking point...
theguardian.com/global-devel…
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"This year, I returned to assess the progress of the cleanup efforts. But the most immediate—and most alarming—change wasn’t the litter. It was the glacier itself."
Don't miss MW Pakistan's President poignant account of #Baltoro over the past 30 years
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Glaciers in California’s mountains are disappearing fast & will likely be gone by the end of the century. These glaciers have been in place since before humans came to the Americas i.e. there is no precedent in the last 20,000 years for their disappearance
kqed.org/science/1998695/cal…
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