Karinjo Devore News Today

From wildfires to drought and dwindling snowpack, local communities are facing the impacts of the human-caused climate crisis. Eight mayors and county commissioners from Aspen to Vail came together during a three-day United Nations convening last week to talk about solutions and the importance of regional collaboration.

Leaders from mountain communities around the world are coming to Aspen next week to talk about sustainable development in the face of climate change and other environmental threats. Aspen Public Radio talked with the president of the Aspen International Mountain Foundation about the United Nations’ Sixth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership.