International Year of 

Sustainable Mountain Development 2022

The United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, at the proposal of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.  

This global high-level event will be a chance to officially launch the Year, to promote global commitments towards the protection of these vulnerable ecosystems and the building of resilience of mountain peoples.  

Interpretation will be available in the six UN languages.

Thursday, 28 April 2022
15.30-17.00 CEST

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Event Agenda

Moderator: Jake Norton, Mountain Partnership Goodwill Ambassador, climber, photographer and filmmaker

15.30        HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

Roberto Natali, Plenipotentiary Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy and Chair of the Mountain Partnership Steering Committee

QU Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Sadyr Japarov, President, Kyrgyz Republic

Maria Ubach Font, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andorra

Tandi Dorji, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bhutan 

Sam Cheptoris, Minister for Water and the Environment, Uganda 

Orlando Jorge Mera, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic

Dinara Kemelova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kyrgyz Republic 

Pem Narayan Kandel, Secretary, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Nepal

Christian Hofer, Director-General, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland 

Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado,  United States of America

16.25        MUSICAL INTERLUDE

Ludovico Einaudi, Mountain Partnership Goodwill Ambassador, pianist and

composer

16.35        MOUNTAINS MATTER: MOBILISING ACTION FOR SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT

Supporting climate-resilient development in mountains — Carolina Adler, Executive Director, Mountain Research Initiative

Climate funding for mountains — Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund

Enhancing mountain value chains — Yoko Watanabe, Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme Global Manager, United Nations Development Programme

Fostering partnerships for change — Luis Benitez, Vice President for Government Affairs and Global Impact, VF Corporation

16.50        CONCLUDING REMARKS

#MountainsMatter

#IYM2022