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2009-11-24

New builds to meet tough climate requirements by 2020

Sonnenkollektoren
From 2020 new builds in the EU will have to comply with tough energy balance requirements. Last week representatives of the European Parliament and EU states agreed that new builds should in future have virtually zero greenhouse gas emissions. Any remaining energy requirements should also be met essentially from renewable sources. These stipulations are to come into force two years earlier for public buildings.

2009-12-15

Alpine Convention's climate portal now online

Nachahmer gesucht: Die italienische Gemeinde Cassinetta di Lugagnano hat einen "Nullwachstumsplan" verabschiedet, in dem keine weitere Baulandsausweitung mehr vorgesehen ist.
The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention has gone online with its climate portal, in time for International Mountain Day and the climate negotiations in Copenhagen. The climate portal collates and disseminates information on events, activities and developments relating to climate change in the Alps. Climate-related information from throughout the Alpine region can be submitted to the portal for publication.

2009-11-24

Extremes of climate affect spread of tree species

Rotbuche
In a recently published study scientists at the WSL (the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape) working with an international research team demonstrated for the first time that the disappearance of tree species in certain regions is due not just to the higher mean temperature but also to extremes of climate-related events.

2009-11-24

New builds to meet tough climate requirements by 2020

Sonnenkollektoren
From 2020 new builds in the EU will have to comply with tough energy balance requirements. Last week representatives of the European Parliament and EU states agreed that new builds should in future have virtually zero greenhouse gas emissions. Any remaining energy requirements should also be met essentially from renewable sources. These stipulations are to come into force two years earlier for public buildings.

2009-11-24

New alpMedia dossiers now online

compact Energie
The alpmedia dossiers on energy and nature conservation are now available in German and English on the CIPRA web. Besides a report the dossiers consist of more detailed information such as news items, publications, events and examples of best practice.

2009-11-05

Climate check-up for the Alps

Konservierte Alpen-Idylle
What sort of impact and side effects do climate response measures have? CIPRA's latest issue of AlpsInsight entitled In the Name of Climate Protection looks at how climate change issues are being addressed in the Alps and points the way towards sustainable action.

2009-11-05

Toxic glacier melts

Oberaarsee
A new study has confirmed that melting glaciers release chemical substances that have long been banned and are not longer produced by industry. Researchers from Swiss education institutes took frozen sediment core samples from the Oberaar reservoir in the Grimsel area in Switzerland and used the layers to reconstruct the history of the lake back to when it was first established in 1953.

2009-11-05

The 2009 Climate Winners

Wildpoldsried
The winning municipalities of the 2009 Climate Star were presented with their awards in Melk in Lower Austria on October 22, under the motto of "Fast Track to Climate Protection". The proud winners from the Alpine region were the local authorities of Lustenau in Austria and Sand in Taufers in South Tyrol/I. The record participation of 444 municipalities from eleven European countries, with a very strong showing by local authorities in the Alps, highlights the importance now attached to climate protection.

2009-12-14

The construction industry as a key to the problem of climate change

Compact Energie
The information provided through cc.alps is now available in the form of focussed background reports called Compacts, which can be downloaded from the CIPRA website at http://www.cipra.org/de/cc.alps/ergebnisse/compacts. The first three Compacts - on Energy, Nature Protection, and Construction and Refurbishment - address their subjects with reference to climate change in the Alpine context. The authors list and analyse activities relating to climate change mitigation and adaptation, assessing them for sustainability, explaining the conflicts of interest involved, and presenting examples of good practice.

2009-12-14

New content for www.cipra.org/cc.alps

The cc.alps website now offers additional in-depth content in the form of Compacts.

2009-12-14

cc.alps to continue in 2010

The cc.alps project continues in 2010 with a focus on more in-depth research and dissemination of the knowledge generated, above all by promoting specific projects at the municipal level, and also by organising and participating in international events.

2009-09-24

Report on the water resources of the Alps and climate change

Berggewässer
An English-language report on the water household of the Alps in times of climate change was recently published under the title "Regional Climate Change and Adaptation - The Alps Facing the Challenge of Changing Water Resources". The authors consider specific options for adaptation to changes in the availability of water in the Alpine region, including the keys to success and the obstacles to be overcome.

2009-08-03

cc.alps concentrates on raising awareness during the second half of 2009!

The Swiss MAVA Foundation for Nature is making further funding available to the CIPRA cc.alps Project in the second half of 2009.

2009-08-03

A cool head in conversation: Norbert Lantschner, Director of the ClimateHouse Agency in Bolzano/I "The cleanest energy is the energy I don't need"

Norbert Lantschner, Direktor der KlimaHaus Agentur in Bozen
The ClimateHouse Agency in Bolzano has won one of the seven prizes of the CIPRA's cc.alps Competition for its energy saving initiatives. We spoke to its Director, Norbert Lantschner at our "Cool Heads in the Hothouse" conference.

2009-08-03

Exemplary Climate Response Measures

A great deal is being done in the Alps as a response to climate change.

2009-08-03

Knowledge in a compact and understandable form

Cool heads and well considered strategies are required in these times of heated debate about climate measures.

2009-08-03

Melting glaciers on your local mountain - what now?

Anhand von konkreten Beispielen werden in Crans Montana/CH mögliche Lösungsansätzen diskutiert.
On 24th and 25th September 2009 cc.alps is organising an international conference on the impact of melting glaciers on communities in collaboration with CIPRA Switzerland and the Swiss Foundation for Landscape Preservation in Crans Montana/CH.

2009-07-09

The "Allgäu Moor Alliance" wins the German Government's Competition for Large-Scale Nature Conservation Projects

Die "Allgäuer Moorallianz" verfolgt Moorschutz als Beitrag zu Klima- und Hochwasserschutz, zum Artenschutz und zur Sicherung der Landwirtschaft.
The winners of the German government's "idee.natur - Large-scale Nature Conservation Projects and Rural Development" competition were announced at the end of June 2009. Five regions came out on top with their concepts for new large-scale nature conservation projects. Over € 50 million will be invested in these regions over the next ten years. The "Allgäu Moor Alliance" was the winner in the Moors Category.

2009-05-07

Manifesto for sustainable building

Passivhaus Klaus
The KlimaHaus Agentur in Bolzano/I is calling for the signing of the "Manifesto for Sustainable Building".

2009-04-23

400 European municipalities committed to climate change issues

Neun Alpenorte, darunter Grenoble/F, setzen sich dafür ein, dass Klimaschutzmassnahmen unverzüglich angepackt werden.
400 European towns, cities and municipalities have signed the Covenant of Mayors.


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