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€100,000 for exemplary climate protection in the Alps

At a ceremony held in Bern/CH on 6 November, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) awarded prizes for outstanding climate protection to seven municipalities, businesses and organisations, the winners of its cc.alps competition held across the Alps. Weather expert Thomas Bucheli and CIPRA President Dominik Siegrist presented the prizes worth a total of €100,000. More

Members

The latest member of the network ist the "Region amKumma" in Vorarlberg / A. Over 250 communities throughout the Alps from France to Slovenia joined the "Alliance in the Alps" local authority network to implement the goals of the Alpine Convention for sustainable development in the Alps together. More members

Good Practice

Listed here are successful projects which contribute in an exemplary way to sustainable development in the Alps as set out in the Alpine Convention. The topics range from regional development or agriculture to energy, traffic or tourism.
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Climate pact

The alps are affected particularly severely by the consequences of climate change. There are particular opportunities in the Alps for counteracting the causes and consequences of climate change using sustainable development strategies. Thus the Alps have a great opportunity for becoming a model region for climate protection. The climate action plan to be passed by the X Alpine Conference (Conference of Ministers) in France in 2009 provides an excellent opportunity to do so. How this intention could succeed is illustrated in the climate pact. Climate pact for signature

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