A SIGNIFICANT DAY, A SIGNIFICANT YEAR
Monday marks International Mountain Day (IMD), an annual occasion since the United Nations General Assembly designated the 11 December an opportunity to ‘create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to build alliances that will bring positive change to mountain people and environments around the world.’ As the international federation for climbing and mountaineering and with sustainability as one of its three core pillars, the UIAA, through...