In its abstract, CIPRA also called for a fundamental reorientation of economic policy. Key elements included ecological tax reforms and a new climate change policy. It advocated replacing the prevailing compulsion for growth with regional economic cycles. Reducing overcapacity and dismantling infrastructure should no longer be taboo. Instead CIPRA wants to draw up positively charged visions for declining regions and highlight opportunities that emphasise welfare and happiness rather than growth.
CIPRA is also calling for a reversal of trend when it comes to nature and landscape use. Finally, what is also needed – besides initiative – is a future-oriented “Alpine foreign policy” that ensures suitable outline conditions and policies at a national level, in the European Union and on a global scale. The Alpine Convention can help contribute towards “global governance”, i.e. a global regulatory and structural policy.
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Source: Annual Report 2009 CIPRA International
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