Background A significant proportion of the global population depends on crucial goods and services provided by mountain and boreal regions, including fresh water (for domestic use, irrigation and hydropower), raw materials, and recreation. However, mountain regions all over the world are facing multiple challenges due to environmental and socio-economic changes with related impacts on human [...]

Register by Jan 4 to submit comments on the IPCC Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere: https://www.ipcc.ch/apps/comments/srocc/sod/register.php Relevant chapters for mountain cryosphere in a changing climate (glaciers, permafrost, snow) include Chapter 2 (High Mountain Areas) and to some extent also Chapter 3 (Polar Regions) and Chapter 6 (Extremes, Abrupt Changes, and Managing Risks), in which [...]

Abstracts due August 1. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/46017

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4322166/GMBA-Biodiversity-and-Human-Wellbeing-Survey

Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate https://www.ipcc.ch/apps/comments/srocc/fod/register.php Deadline: 22 June 2018

The IPBES assessment will be the first global snapshot of the condition of the world’s biodiversity and ecosystems in more than a decade.  https://www.ipbes.net/registration-second-external-review-global-assessment

Mountain Remote Sensing special issue deadline August 22. http://www.mountainresearchinitiative.org/en/mri-news/global-news/call-for-articles-remote-sensing-special-issue