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Download Final Report FINAL REPORT The future of the world’s high mountains June 2018 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc FONDATION IRIS © Luc Moreau The future of the world’s high mountains From 12 to 14 June 2018, the Sustainable Summits Conference Summary was held for the first time in Europe, in Chamonix, at the foot of Mont Blanc. 280 participants from 16 countries attended this Key figures ........................................................................... p 3 fourth edition. 37 speakers from different businesses and charity Organizing team ............................................................... p 4 organizations presented actual solutions or their experience in the field with respect to the following three themes: Posters ..................................................................................... p 5 - What roles do the high mountains play in today’s societies? Innovation space ................................................................ p 6 - Climate change: the high mountains on the front line Related events .................................................................... p 7 - Human activities in the high mountains: impacts and solutions Environmental footprint ....................................................... p 8-9 As well as the conference, workshops, debates and informal get- Communication and media review ....................... p 10-11 togethers offered multiple opportunities to discuss solutions, to build projects and to make appeals for the future of our high Satisfaction survey .................................................................... p 12-15 mountain areas. Balance sheet ..................................................................... p 16 The results of the satisfaction survey and the many testi- monials that we received prove that the fourth Sustainable Closure of the conference............................................. p 17 Summits Conference 2018 enabled committed players to Nepal 2020 .......................................................................... p 18 get together, to encourage future collaboration and to bring Appendix 1: SSC guide lines ........................................ p 19 the question of the environment in the high mountains to the forefront of the stage. Appendix 2: Call for the mountaineers solidarity p 20 Appendix 3: MRI workshop ......................................... p 21 Our sincere thanks to the dedicated men and women who have been working for two years to ensure the success of this event, to the 12 partners who believed in us and to the volunteers present for four days to make sure the conference ran smoothly. We are already looking forward to the 5th Sustainable Summits Conference in Nepal in 2020, which will be an opportunity to review the projects implemented during previous editions. Olivier Moret General Secretary of the Petzl Foundation Coordinator of the organising committee for the 2018 Sustainable Summits Conference www.sustainable-summits2018.org 2 Key figures Organization of the conference 11 organizations mobilized within the steering committee / page 3 7 organizational meetings between June 2016 and June 2018 / page 4 12 financial partners / page 22 Realization of the event 280 participants 37 speakers 35 conferences, accessible in video on www.fondation-petzl.org 16 nationalities represented 15 posters presented / page 5 10 companies attending the innovation show / page 6 11 volunteers involved from June 11 to 14 5 events and associated meetings / page 7 208 tons of CO2 emitted during the conference / pages 8-9 €138,000: budget for the organization and holding of the conference / pages 16 54 press articles / page 11 47,000 views of various videos posted on the conference / pages 10-11 95% of participants consider the conference a success / pages 12-15 2020, organization of the 5th Sustainable Summits Conference in Nepal / page 18 © Nacho Grez 3 Organizing team The steering committee was made up of fifteen people from 11 orga- nizations working in different sectors: site managers, researchers, representatives of mountain users, ecologists, journalists, as well as Organizing team the organizers of the previous editions. Steering committee From June 2016 to June 2018, the committee, headed by the Petzl meeting schedule Foundation, met up seven times. The Petzl Foundation was responsible for operational project manage- ment (Stéphane Lozac’hmeur and Olivier Moret), assisted by Etienne Grillot, event organization consultant, from January 2017. • June 2016: Constitution of the steering Student Émilie Barrand, Master in Development Economics, joined committee and preparation of the the team for a two-month internship in May-June 2018. application in New Zealand (SSC 2016). Having two years to prepare a project is both an advantage and a • October 2016: Finalization of the constraint. One of the main risks is the difficulty of getting people steering committee, definition of the motivated in the early stages for an objective that appears so far work methods, objectives and three away, then being overwhelmed towards the end because some things were left too late. conference themes. In the end, in spite of the full diaries of each participant and their • March 2017: Finalization of the three geographic distance, the team worked well together. themes, choice of format and program for the conference, methodology for the e e r r i i collegial selection of speakers, selection a a n n e e t t r r a a of key speakers, communication plan. p p www.ecrins-parcnational.fr www.mountainwilderness.fr • September 2017: Preparation of the www.vanoise-parcnational.fr www.mountainwilderness.org www.mercantour.eu program with the speakers proposed by the steering committee (around a hundred proposals). Validation and launch of the communication plan. • November 2017: Program finalization. www.theuiaa.org www.mountainresearchinitiative.org www.ffcam.fr Choice of logistics organization. Definition of the roles of the committee members during the conference. • April 2018 : Last meeting before the event (organization of the Montenvers www.espace-mont-blanc.com www.labexitem.fr www.groupebayard.com outing, assignment of roles, call for volunteers, etc.). www.chamonix.fr www.sustainablesummits.org www.fondation-petzl.org 4 Posters Young researchers in the limelight During the three days of conference, 15 research projects were presented in the plenary room, summarized in a poster format. 11 of these projects have been created by an outstanding group of “young researchers”. In an effort to focus on the important work of these young researchers, the public had the opportunity to vote for the three best projects. Three prizes were awarded for the top three projects created by young researchers. The list of posters and their authors can be found on the program, to download on www.fondation-petzl.org Laureates The posters of the laureates are available on www.fondation-petzl.org © Nacho Grez First prize > Mélanie Marcuzzi, Université de Grenoble Alpes, PACTE LABEX ITEM (France) Reflab, mountain huts as research observatories Key words : anthropogenic pressure, water ressources, climate change, supply of drinking water, snow Second prize > Jacques Mourey, EDYTEM, Chambéry (France) Mountaineers exposed to rockfalls in the Grand Couloir du Goûter (normal route of mont Blanc). A monitoring system for a better assessment of their vulnerability. Key words : permafrost degradation, snow cover, mountaineering, monitoring, Mont-Blanc massif Third prize > Enora Bruley, Université Grenoble Alpes, LECA - CDP Trajectories (France) Le Pays de la Meije, will future rhyme with nature ? Key words : social-ecological system, ecosystem services, climate change, adaptation pathways © Nacho Grez 5 Innovations for the high mountains All day on Thursday 14 June, ten companies presented their human expertise and technologies for a better future for the high mountains, in the following areas: waste management, renewable energy production, responsible access to the high mountains and medical innovations. Innovations for the high mountains > Sanisphère (France): eco-friendly dry toilets for public use at remote sites > Atawey (France): reliable, cost-effective and eco-friendly power plants for remote sites > B-Where (France): distress beacons for mountain sports enthusiasts > Restop (USA): camping tools and equipment for the management of human waste in natural environments > 1% pour la planète : a network of philanthropic companies > Tessier : outdoor-sports equipment for the disabled > Katadyn : water filtration solutions > OXUP : an acclimatisation respirator for use at high altitude > Whympr : a mobile app for enhanced access to mountain activities > GRIMM (Groupe d’Intervention Médical en Montagne) and HES-SO Valais-Wallis: a mobile health app for the mountains © S. Lozac’hmeur © S. 6 Related events Related events to the Sustainable Summits Conference 2018 • Tuesday June 12, 6:00 pm: Mountain text reading by authors at Paulsen-Guérin bookshop, Chamonix. Organized by a French literature association, Maison des Ecrivains et de la Littérature (in French). • Wednesday June 13, 8:00 pm: Public debate at the Majestic Conference Center: “Mont Blanc and UNESCO: let’s build the future of the massif together”. Organised by Mountain Wilderness, Pro Mont Blanc and Espace Mont-Blanc. • Wednesday June 13, 8:00 pm: Meet, exchange, networking of speakers and participants at the Microbrasserie de Chamonix. • Wednesday June 13, 5:30 pm: The call of the mountaineers in solidarity with the refugees, «In
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