Martin F. Price,¹ Rolf Weingartner<sup>2

1</sup>Director and Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development, Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands, Crieff Road, Perth PH1 2NX, UK martin.price@perth.uhi.ac.uk
²Director of the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Chair of Mountain Research Initiative and member of the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Hallerstrasse 12, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland rolf.weingartner@giub.unibe.ch