The Summit identified several priority activities focusing on key goals as identified in the Call for Action.
These will build on the multitude of existing initiatives, programmes and projects, by enhancing the existing, and building new synergies.
The Summit partners are actively engaged in a range of relevant initiatives which will support the translation in practice of the ambitious Summit roadmap. These promote, inter alia, quality observations, broad access to data, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, and improving user-centric services (e.g. early warning systems, climate services, etc.).
Among these, are:
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Global Cryosphere Watch, within the framework of WMO, for providing authoritative information on the state of the cryosphere |
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Implementation of the Climate Service Information Systems, including the Third Pole Regional Climate Centres (TP RCC), modeled after the concept of the Arctic Regional Climate Centre |
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Experience gained during the development of WMO´s World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS) over the past 2 decades, with the aim of extending its coverage to high mountain areas not already included in WHYCOS |
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The development of Impact Based Forecasting and Multi-Hazard Impact-based Forecast and Warning Services |
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The international projects on High-Impact Weather and the Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction |
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The Polar Prediction Project and the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP), as models for a Mountain Prediction Project for improving the environmental prediction capabilities, for mountain regions, with an “multi-hazard” approach |
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Activities coordinated through the Global Energy and Water Cycle Exchanges (GEWEX ) and Climate and Cryosphere ( CliC) projects, of the World Climate Research Programme |
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Implementation of the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) |
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Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) |
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Relevant Group on Earth Observation (GEO) Flagships, Initiatives and Community Activities, such as GEO-GNOME (Global Network on Observations and Information on Mountain Environments, co-led by MRI) |
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Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)’s “Mountain Observations Working Group”, which includes scientific monitoring capacity and development in high mountains (Unified High Elevation Observation Platforms) and inputs and activities related to GEO-GNOME |
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Snow, Glacier and Water Resources of the International Hydrological PROGRAMME of UNESCO, and the publication of the Andean Glacier and Water Atlas |
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Global Water Futures activities on risk management solutions to manage water futures in Canada and other cold regions |
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The International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology (INARCH), a global collaborative research initiative in mountain hydrology |
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Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP |
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Publication of hydrometeorological data from mountain and alpine research catchments with 20 data papers from Austria, China, Russia, Lebanon, USA, Canada, France, and Spain |
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The UN International Mountain Day, celebrated every year on 11 December |
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Mountain Partnership - a United Nations voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments around the world. |
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WMO catalogue on assessed maturity data sets |
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Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) - a new UNU research programme supporting all aspects of sustainable development in mountain areas worldwide. GLOMOS is a joint endeavor of UNU-EHS in Bonn / Germany and Eurac |
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Research in Bolzano / Italy. (More information) |
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Canadian Mountain Network |
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Bolivian Mountain Institute |
