The Mountain Future Award winners were revealed at the event, celebrating transformative projects that build resilience to glacier-related impacts and strengthen sustainable mountain economies and livelihoods. The three awardees, in the categories of Innovation, Adaption, and Youth, will receive seed funding to support project implementation, and gain recognition and visibility, demonstrating how local action can contribute to global efforts. In the Innovation category, Aziz Soltobaev from the Internet Society Kyrgyzstan Chapter was recognized for a low-cost climate-monitoring project that delivers real-time weather and glacier data to remote mountain areas. The project uses affordable sensors and long-range connectivity, trains youth in Artificial Intelligence monitoring tools, and makes all data openly accessible. https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-commemorates-international-mountain-day-2025-by-spotlighting-glacier-preservation/en
