The BBVA Foundation is partnering ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) in the organization of Himalaya – Changing Landscapes, a photo exhibition illustrating the impact of climate change on the world’s highest mountain range.

The exhibition has been put together for the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which will welcome more than 8,000 of the world’s leading decision makers from governments, NGOs, business, the UN and social organizations to debate, learn and decide on the most pressing issues facing the environment and world development.

During the 1950s, Austrian and Swiss scientists conducted intensive studies of the Everestregion in Nepal. The glaciers, mountains, and valleys of the Khumbu were meticulouslyphotographed and measured by these teams to produce the first ever map of the region, still used today. Around the same time, the Swiss glaciologist Fritz Müller spent eight months in Khumbu at locations above 5000 meters, studying and photographing the mighty Himalayan glaciers.

Today, fifty years later, the hundreds of black and white photographs taken by these climber scientists are of immense value in trying to understand the impacts of climate change on the Himalayas. Mountain geographer Alton Byers has revisited many of the sites of the original photographs and taken replicates, illustrating the changes that have occurred over the past half century. The old and new panoramas have now been united in this photo exhibition, combined with portraits of the Himalayan people and their stories.

Open every day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Public transport: The CCIB can be reached by metro (Maresme-Forum station on the yellow line), bus (numbers 7, 36, 41, 43 and 141) and Trambesós (Forum station).