Mountain Day 2 V Pal Singh, Regional Coordinator, HICAP/ICIMOD, presented on climate smart agricultural practices for food security, drawing from experiences in India and Bhutan. Asuncion St. Clair, Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO), emphasized the need to place adaptation “between resilience and vulnerability.” L-R: Asuncion St. Clair, CICERO; V Pal Singh, Regional Coordinator, HICAP/ICIMOD; Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, ICRAF; Nand Kishor Agrawal, HICAP/ICIMOD; Suman Bisht, gender specialist, ICIMOD; and David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD Sameera Zaib, youth ambassador from Pakistan, ICIMOD Panel during the closing session. Group photo following the closing session. Madhav Karki, Deputy Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD Participants during the opening session. Thomas Hofer, Interim Coordinator, Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS), Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Gyan Chandra Acharya (Nepal), Under Secretary General and High Representative for Least Developed, Landlocked Developing, Small Islands States, UN Keshab Man Shakya, Minister of Environment, Science, and Technology, Nepal Keshab Man Shakya, Minister of Environment, Science, and Technology, Nepal and Marco Onida, Secretary-General, Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention Marco Onida, Secretary-General, Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention May Zin Taw, Myanmar youth ambassador, ICIMOD Anja M. Rasmussen, ICIMOD Gonzalo Beker, Peru, noted that the capacity to respond to climate change is present among local people and traditional knowledge should be harnessed. Group discussion chaired by Sameera Zaib, youth ambassador from Pakistan, ICIMOD. Group discussion chaired by Timila Dhakwa, Asia-Pacific Youth Ambassador, ICIMOD. Jose Luis Balmaceda, ambassador of Chile, highlighted the severity of glacier melt in his country mainly caused by climate change. Karin Lexen, Water and Climate Coalition, noted that local knowledge is critical to the success of measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change. David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD Suman Bisht, gender specialist, ICIMOD, highlighted that “women are important game changers.” Nand Kishor Agrawal, HICAP/ICIMOD, argued that adaptation cannot "wait until knowledge is perfect." Maria Fabiana Loguzzo, Minister Director General for Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina