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The Global Network for Observations & Information in Mountain Environments (GEO Mountains) is a GEO Work Programme initiative that seeks to improve access to data & information on environmental & socio-economic systems across global mountain regions.

🏔️🌍 Meet the latest GEO Mountains Small Grants recipients!Eight new projects have been selected for support through the ...
28/09/2026

🏔️🌍 Meet the latest GEO Mountains Small Grants recipients!

Eight new projects have been selected for support through the GEO Mountains Small Grants Programme 2026-2027, spanning mountain regions across Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Their work will tackle some of the persistent data gaps facing mountain research, from rescuing historical climate records and improving glacier observations to connecting fragmented monitoring networks and tracking changes in high-mountain biodiversity.

The projects also show the many different things a Small Grant can help unlock: new datasets and monitoring, open tools and resources, training opportunities, stronger regional collaboration, and research that can inform policy and decision-making.

We warmly congratulate all eight project teams and look forward to seeing where their work leads! 🎉

👉 Meet the recipients and explore their projects: https://buff.ly/StIBZWu

GEO Mountains Small Grants are made possible through the appreciated support of Swiss Development & Cooperation (SDC) and the Mountain Research Initiative, as part of the Adaptation at Altitude Programme.

📸 Photo by Nicolas Prieto.

🏔️🛰️ Job opportunity: Lead regional information services for the Hindu Kush HimalayaICIMOD is seeking a Senior Specialis...
10/09/2026

🏔️🛰️ Job opportunity: Lead regional information services for the Hindu Kush Himalaya

ICIMOD is seeking a Senior Specialist: Regional Information Services (RIS Lead) to lead its work harnessing data, Earth observation, and rapidly evolving digital technologies to support decision-making across the Hindu Kush Himalaya.

Based in Kathmandu, this senior leadership role will oversee the development of high-priority regional datasets, information systems, applications, and digital platforms that help translate climate and environmental information into actionable insights for research, policy, planning, and investment.

The role brings together expertise across:
🛰️ Earth observation, GIS, and geospatial technologies
📊 Data and information systems
🤖 AI, machine learning, and cloud computing
🌍 Climate and environmental information
🤝 Regional partnerships and stakeholder engagement
💡 Scientific knowledge for decision-making

ICIMOD is looking for an experienced leader who can guide multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, develop innovative digital solutions, and work across governments, research institutions, and development partners.

📍 Kathmandu, Nepal
📅 Deadline: 4 October 2026

An exciting opportunity to help turn rapidly expanding sources of environmental data into information that can support lives, livelihoods, and resilient development.

🔗 Find out more: https://mountainresearchinitiative.org/jobs/senior-specialist-regional-information-services-ris-lead/
📸 Image by Rohit Khadgi.

02/09/2026

📬 Catch up with the latest from GEO Mountains in the August Mountain Research Initiative Newsletter!

This month, we look back at the GEO Mountains Youth Ideathon 2026, where early-career researchers and practitioners came together in Obergurgl to explore how Earth observations can support disaster risk reduction in mountain regions. 🛰️🏔️

We also introduce the new GEO Community Space, designed to strengthen collaboration, discussion, and knowledge exchange across the GEO Work Programme.

Plus, save the date for our next GEO Mountains General Meeting on 26 November 2026!

Explore these updates alongside the latest research, events, opportunities, and news from across the global mountain community 👇
🔗 https://bit.ly/MRINewsletterAugust26

🏔️🛰️ Turning Earth observation into actionHow can the next generation of mountain researchers and practitioners use Eart...
17/08/2026

🏔️🛰️ Turning Earth observation into action

How can the next generation of mountain researchers and practitioners use Earth observation to tackle real-world challenges?

At the GEO Mountains Youth Ideathon 2026, twelve early-career researchers and practitioners from across the world came together in Obergurgl, Austria, for a week of hands-on learning, collaboration, and problem-solving.

Working alongside experts and partner organisations, participants developed practical solutions to four disaster risk reduction challenges, spanning landslide risk, safer hydropower, land degradation, and Indigenous Earth observation.

From remote sensing and rock glaciers to policy briefs and prototype solutions, the Ideathon was all about connecting data, knowledge, and people to support more resilient mountain futures.

📖 Read the full story and discover what the teams developed: https://buff.ly/pgcg1KN

Today marks the end of this marathon. Twelve early-career professionals from mountain regions around the world came toge...
08/07/2026

Today marks the end of this marathon. Twelve early-career professionals from mountain regions around the world came together. They tackled disaster risk and mountain-related challenges, combined Earth Observation with local knowledge, prototyped solutions and shared them with the wider community. But this is just the beginning: the connections made, the skills built, the solutions designed, will continue beyond Obergurgl.

As each participant is on their way home, we would like to thank our GEO Mountains Coordinator Alexandrine Massot, Samuel Amos and Rui Kotani, from the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), for their collaboration on developing the programme. We sincerely thank all our participants for their dedicated energy and efforts, all of the experts and problem-owners, who accompanied the participants and contributed to making this experience "challenging" for each group. A special thanks for their support, coaching and availability to the groups: Beihang University, Slope Risk GPT, WOCAT - World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Institut des sciences de l'environnement (ISE) - UNIGE, Adaptation at Altitude, Universität Innsbruck, GEO Indigenous Alliance, Space4Innovation, Alpine Convention, IAG International Association of Geodesy.

A special thanks to the organisers, especially Wolfgang Gurgiser, for their wonderful organisation, support, and connexion made with the regional partners.

This programme was made possible thanks to the support of the Direction du développement et de la coopération.

We're looking forward to the outputs of this international collaboration. The solutions will be shared on our website, via the MRI Newsletter, and via the different GEO platforms.

Keep posted for discovering the great work that has been achieved this week!

. And so does the next generation working to protect them. 🏔️

Excited to share that our session "Youth-led Data Solutions for Mountain Disaster Risk Reduction" took place today at th...
07/07/2026

Excited to share that our session "Youth-led Data Solutions for Mountain Disaster Risk Reduction" took place today at the Regional Mountain Conference 2026 in Obergurgl!

After three intensive days of work, participants had the opportunity to present their solution designs to the RMC audience. Each group had 15 minutes to present their approach to the challenge, the methodology used, and to demonstrate their prototype. This was followed by an engaging exchange with the audience about their results.

Once this major milestone was completed, participants moved into a "regional exchange" session, where they grouped by geographical region and discussed the transferability and replicability of the presented solutions in their respective mountain areas, identifying potential barriers and opportunities.

Finally, we also had the opportunity to present the ideathon concept at the plenary session of . Samuel Amos delivered an inspiring talk on the importance of building connections to protect mountain ecosystems and the vital role of youth in fostering long-term relationships that turn data into dialogue to create innovative solutions leading to action. The keynote concluded with testimonials from several participants sharing their key take-home messages.

Stay tuned to discover in more detail each of the solutions developed during the GEO Mountains Ideathon 2026!

🚀 What happens when young scientists, practitioners and policy experts join forces to tackle mountain disaster risks?Joi...
06/07/2026

🚀 What happens when young scientists, practitioners and policy experts join forces to tackle mountain disaster risks?

Join us for "Youth-led Data Solutions for Mountain Disaster Risk Reduction", an interactive session at the Regional Mountain Conference 2026!

Discover how participants of the GEO Mountains Youth Ideathon transformed real-world challenges into innovative, data-driven solutions using Earth Observation technologies. From landslide risk and hydropower safety to land degradation and Indigenous knowledge, each team will present practical ideas designed to support better decision-making in mountain regions.

The session will conclude with an open dialogue on how youth, science, and policy can work together to build more resilient mountain communities.

Tuesday 7 July 2026, 13:15 - 14:45 (LT), Room Liebenerspitze

Don't miss this opportunity to meet the next generation of mountain innovators and explore how Earth Observation can drive impactful solutions for disaster risk reduction.

🧊📸 Sometimes the key to understanding the future lies in the past.A GEO Mountains Small Grant has supported researchers ...
06/07/2026

🧊📸 Sometimes the key to understanding the future lies in the past.

A GEO Mountains Small Grant has supported researchers in digitising more than 4,500 historical aerial photographs of glaciers in the Chilean Andes – some dating back to the 1940s.

Using these images, the team is developing new open-source tools to reconstruct glacier surfaces in 3D and build glacier elevation records spanning nearly eight decades.

The project demonstrates how historical archives, international collaboration, and open science can help answer some of today's most pressing climate questions.

🔗 Read more: https://geomountains.org/unlocking-the-past-historic-images-reveal-80-years-of-glacier-change-in-the-andes/

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🎯 GEO Mountains Youth Ideathon Day 3: Solutions taking shapeToday, participants worked in teams to refine and strengthen...
05/07/2026

🎯 GEO Mountains Youth Ideathon Day 3: Solutions taking shape

Today, participants worked in teams to refine and strengthen their design solutions. Each group adopted its own approach: some focused on individual reflection before coming together, while others chose to collaborate continuously. Discussions unfolded both outdoors in the fresh mountain air and indoors, making the most of different environments to stimulate creativity.

In the afternoon, Felix Gertheinrich and Raphaël Lelouvier from the Alpine Convention Secretariat led an inspiring workshop on the role of policy in mountain governance. Participants explored how scientific knowledge can be translated into concrete, actionable policy recommendations, gaining hands-on experience in developing a policy brief.

⚡ Day 2: From challenges to solutionsThis morning our Problem-Owners, Lingfeng He from Beihang University , Diana Mastr...
04/07/2026

⚡ Day 2: From challenges to solutions

This morning our Problem-Owners, Lingfeng He from Beihang University , Diana Mastraci from GEO Indigenous Alliance, Joana Eichenberger from WOCAT - World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies, Yan Zhong from Université de Genève, presented four mountain challenges: transforming multi-source observations into actionable knowledge for landslide risk reduction, integrating hazard and exposure assessment for safer hydropower development in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, evidence-based decision support for land degradation neutrality, and Indigenous-led Earth observations for watershed stewardship and human-wildlife coexistence. These challenges connect Group on Earth Observations Work Programme activities, GEO Participating Organisation and Adaptation at Altitude partners around mountain issues to deliver actionable information for decision-making.

Participants spent the day in intense solution design: defining problems, identifying users, mapping data sources, and building workflows. This afternoon they refined their concepts directly with the problem owners, getting critical feedback to continue improving their solutions design tomorrow.

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