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Point of view: European elections 2024: why a Swiss citizen would also like a vote
by CIPRA International — published Apr 24, 2024 — filed under: ,
Switzerland’s referendum-based democracy has pitfalls of its own when it comes to environmental and climate policy. It needs an overarching corrective in the same way as its neighbouring countries, says Kaspar Schuler – as a Swiss citizen and Executive Director of CIPRA International.
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Point of view: Mountains for everyone? Not a chance!
by CIPRA International — published Jan 16, 2024 — filed under: , , ,
Access to the mountains and mountain sports is often unfair, exclusive, segregating and discriminatory. Henriette Adolf, Deputy Executive Director of CIPRA Germany, argues in favour of equal participation in mountain sports.
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Point of view: In nature restoration we trust!
by Gams Michael — published Sep 29, 2023 — last modified Sep 29, 2023 09:40 AM — filed under: , ,
The Nature Restoration Law now obliges all EU member states to restore destroyed nature to a good ecological condition and thus safeguard the stocks of pollinators, natural resources, clean air and clean water. The Alpine region and its agriculture will also benefit, says Serena Arduino, Co-President of CIPRA International.
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Point of view: Avoiding transport collapse together
by CIPRA International — published Jul 19, 2023 — last modified Sep 05, 2023 02:43 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
As regards the growing volume of individual and transit traffic, it can be stated that neither regional nor national perspectives will lead to solutions. We have to find them together, because the Alps lie in the midst of Europe. This geographical truism is central to an understanding of transport policy problems in the Alps so as to avoid transport collapse, says Kaspar Schuler, Executive Director of CIPRA International.
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Point of view: We need more young people in the Alps
by [email protected] — published Jan 26, 2023 — filed under: , , , ,
Ageing, emigration and dying villages are typical problems for many mountain regions. It must therefore become attractive for young people to live in the Alps again, says Kathrin Holstein, member of CIPRA’s Youth Council and staff member of the Alliance in the Alps network of municipalities.
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Point of view: Let’s create an “Alpine Plan” for all Alpine regions!
by [email protected] [email protected] — published Nov 07, 2022 — last modified Nov 09, 2022 09:38 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
The Bavarian Alpine Plan celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022. Alpine spatial planning has proven here that it is predestined to find solutions to the pressing issues of the day. Similar planning instruments are lacking in many Alpine regions, although we need them more urgently than ever, claim Paul Kuncio, Executive Director of CIPRA Austria, and Uwe Roth, Executive Director of CIPRA Germany.
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Point of view: the excessive character of the Olympics
by CIPRA International — published May 11, 2022 — last modified May 11, 2022 11:05 AM — filed under: , , , ,
High construction costs, unused sports facilities, environmentally damaging large-scale projects: loud criticism continues to surround the staging of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina/I. We must ask whether such sporting events still have a place in the Alps, says Vanda Bonardo, President of CIPRA Italy.
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Point of view: Let's finally press the reset button in tourism!
by CIPRA International — published Feb 03, 2022 — last modified Jun 21, 2022 10:40 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Mass tourism in the Alps has collapsed due to the ongoing Corona pandemic, and the opportunities for switching to environmentally and socially just tourism have increased. But they must also be exploited, says Hans Weber, Executive Director of CIPRA Switzerland.
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Point of view: Water will not tolerate resistance
by CIPRA International — published Oct 06, 2021 — last modified Oct 06, 2021 08:45 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , ,
Extreme weather conditions are also increasingly affecting the Alps. The climate crisis is driving this development. Can more and more dams, barriers or power stations solve the problem and at the same time satisfy the growing hunger for energy? We must work with the power of water rather than against it, says Kaspar Schuler, CIPRA’s Executive Director and co-author of CIPRA’s new position paper on hydropower.
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Point of view: We need an Alpine Ticket for public transport
by CIPRA International — published Jul 13, 2021 — last modified Oct 06, 2021 08:43 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Homeschooling, no public transport and closed borders: the corona crisis has revealed some aspects of life that people did not previously appreciate so much. An Alps-wide ticket for public transport could tackle all of these issues, as Rok Brišnik explains. He studies Geography and History at the University of Ljubljana/SI and is a member of the CIPRA Youth Council (CYC).
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