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Fire and flames across the Alps
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Jul 04, 2018
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
alpmedia 5/2018,
Climate Change
On 11 August 2018 the “Fire across the Alps” will be lighting up peaks and valleys for the thirtieth time. The idea behind the anniversary fires is to draw attention to climate change.
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Climate crisis makes mountains crumble
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Oct 06, 2021
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filed under:
Climate Change,
Climate Change Adaptation,
Permafrost,
alpMedia 6/2021,
climate change past and future
Rockfalls and rockslides are nothing new in the Alps, but dwindling permafrost is making the situation even worse – for mountaineering and for villages.
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Point of view: Water will not tolerate resistance
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Oct 06, 2021
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last modified
Oct 06, 2021 08:45 AM
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Point of view,
alpMedia 6/2021,
groundwater use, drinking water supply,
Climate Change,
Water use,
hydropower,
groundwater,
natural standing waters / lakes,
reservoirs / artificial standing waters
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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A Matter of the Head: Our Image of Climate Protection
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Jun 03, 2020
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last modified
Nov 30, 2022 03:30 PM
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filed under:
Climate Change,
Climate Change Adaptation,
Climate neutral Alps,
alpMedia 4/2020
Climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency: how do we find the right words to talk about global warming? At the online conference of the Alpine Partnership for Local Climate Action on 30 June and 1 July 2020, the focus will be on communication about climate protection.
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Point of view: Water needs no borders – do we?
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by
alpMedia
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published
Mar 11, 2020
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last modified
Aug 12, 2021 01:04 PM
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filed under:
alpmedia 2/2020,
Point of view,
water,
Climate Change
So far, sufficient water is available in the Alpine regions. If there is to be enough for everyone in the future, despite climate change, water must be treated as a common Alpine resource across national borders, says Marion Ebster, Project Manager at CIPRA International.
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Strange but true...
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Feb 21, 2020
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:11 AM
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filed under:
Oh,
Climate Change,
winter sports, skiing areas,
alpmedia 2/2020
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How diversity is lost
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Feb 21, 2020
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:11 AM
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filed under:
Climate Change,
land use/management,
Agriculture,
alpmedia 2/2020
Intensive agriculture and climate change: a recent study from Austria shows how much influence both have on the loss of biodiversity in Alpine regions.
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Tourism after the ski lift
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by
alpMedia
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published
Mar 11, 2020
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:06 AM
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filed under:
alpmedia 2/2020,
Climate Change,
winter sports, skiing areas
Milder and milder winters are forcing ski resorts to invest in expensive snowmaking and lift facilities – an arms race in which many are no longer able to compete. Some places in the Alps have already found alternatives to skiing.
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Budding ideas and flourishing projects
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Oct 23, 2019
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
alpmedia 7/2019,
Kultur,
Jugend,
Climate Change
Building raised plant beds, converting parking spaces, replacing plastic bottles: at the end of the local project, young people from Schaan/LI travelled by train to Maribor/Sl and presented their actions aimed at a more sustainable lifestyle.
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Appeal: Climate change mitigation now!
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by
Begle Caroline
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published
Sep 15, 2015
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM
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filed under:
Climate Change
An appeal from the Alpine municipalities and their inhabitants to the participants of COP 21
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