The worldwide governing body have become the latest organisation to sign up to the scheme.

According to the UIAA, the programme "is a collaborative platform to bring together existing initiatives and partnerships and facilitate new projects and activities to accelerate the shift to sustainable consumption and production in tourism".

The UIAA will actively participate in the implentation of the 10YFP, the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns.

The organisation claim to be one of the leading players in the world of mountain protection as they have a dedicated Commission within the governing body to tackle the issue.

"We look forward to active participation in the 10YFP STP in our role as key promoters for mountaineering and responsible mountain recreation and tourism for sustainable mountain development,” said UIAA Mountain Protection Commission President Carolina Adler. 

“As we work towards upgrading our own UIAA sustainability guidelines as part of the Mountain Protection Commission’s work, as well as develop new environment-themed syllabus and curricula content for training manuals and handbooks, we see this partnership as an opportunity to count on best state-of-the-art knowledge from key players in these fields. 

"Likewise, we offer and share with these platforms a wealth of information and years of experience implementing our own sustainability projects, as a way of giving back and improve our projects."