Mountains as Sentinels of Change (Mountains)
This Collaborative Research Action (CRA) aimed at fostering research on climate, environmental and related societal change in mountain regions by facilitating research with respect to the following:
- Drivers of change.
- Ecosystems and biodiversity.
- Water.
- Hazards, vulnerability and risks.
- Adaptation and resilience.
The call was launched in 2015 and the projects ended in 2020.
This CRA was supported by FAPESP, NSFC, ANR, DFG, CNR-DTA, and NSF.
Six projects were selected:
| ClimateWise | Climate-Smart Watershed Investments in the Montane Tropics of South America |
| CLIMTREE | Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate-Induced Tree Diebacks in Highland Forests |
| ECCAP | Ecological Calendars and Climate Adaptation in the Pamirs |
| NILE-Nexus | Opportunities for a Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Future in the Blue Nile Mountains of Ethiopia |
| P3 | People, Pollution and Pathogens: Mountain Ecosystems in a Human-Altered World |
| VULPES | Vulnerability of Populations Under Extreme Scenarios |