Climate change: cc.alps looked many steps further
 With the compact "Water in climate change" published at the end of 2012, the project
"cc.alps - climate change: looking one step further" has come to an end. In the
last four years, CIPRA International together with a wide range of experts and
practitioners has shown what intelligent climate activities should look like. More
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Results and products
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 CIPRA compacts
Through the project “cc.alps” CIPRA investigated climate
measures in the Alps. CIPRA brought together climate protection and climate
adaptation activities in the Alps (hereinafter these activities are defined as
climate measures) and analysed what effects these climate measures have on the
environment, economy and society.
The “CIPRA compact” collection within
cc.alps features various theme books that deal critically with climate measures
in the Alps. The collection comprises the fields of activity: energy, building
and construction, energy self-sufficient regions, spatial planning, transport,
tourism, nature protection, agriculture, forestry and water. More
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A treasure trove of ideas for climate projects -
catalogue of measures online
Innovative ideas for implementing climate response measures are available
online. Anyone with an interest in the subject and municipalities in particular
can draw inspiration from the many adaptation and mitigation measures for
climate change.
The measures stem from the six topic areas which also
underpin the cc.alps project: Energy, Nature Conservation, Construction and
Renovation, Transport, Spatial Planning and Tourism. The catalogue of measures
was drawn up and compiled by cc.alps in co-operation with the Alliance in the
Alps network of municipalities. More
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CIPRA's climate protection demands
The countries in
the Alps must take all the necessary measures to slow down climate change. At
the same time they must prepare for global warming and mitigate its
consequences. Intelligent, sustainable action is essential. All programmes must
be checked for sustainability: are they environmentally and socially acceptable?
Are the benefits greater than the negative consequences? Climate protection is a
matter of life and death for the Alps – but nothing is gained if this triggers
other environmental problems.
CIPRA demands actions in the key areas of
energy, protection of nature, transport, building and renovation, tourism,
spatial planning, agriculture, forestry, water and energy self-sufficiency at
the regional level. More
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Exemplary climate response measures
A great deal is being done in the Alps in response to climate change. But not
all the measures taken have exclusively favourable repercussions. The cc.alps
team has selected 34 projects, initiatives and activities that are good not only
for the climate, but also for society, the environment and the economy. CIPRA’s
advice: read up about it, emulate it, pass it on, and do even better! More
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Cool heads in the hothouse – Results of the Bolzano
conference
The international conference that CIPRA and the City of Bolzano have
organized on 2 and 3 April 2009 in Bolzano (IT) was attended be approximately
200 participants from several countries. The presentations and interviews are
available in the other language versions of this page.
One result of the
conference was also a resolution of CIPRA addressed to the G8 environment
ministers in Copenhague. More
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The cc.alps competition
 At an award-giving ceremony held in Bern/CH on November 6th
2008, CIPRA announced the winners of its pan-alpine cc.alps competition for
outstanding projects in the field of climate protection. Seven municipalities,
companies and organisations received prizes worth a total of 100,000 euros from
the meteorologist Thomas Bucheli and CIPRA President Dominik Siegrist. More
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