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Point of view: A building plan for a resilient society
by CIPRA International — published May 27, 2020 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:06 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The corona crisis has broken our lives into pieces: relationships, working models, leisure and consumerism are loose building blocks. It is still unclear how we will reassemble them. We now have the chance to draw up a new building plan that is fit for the future, says Barbara Wülser, Co-Executive Director of CIPRA International.
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Point of view: A strategy for people in the Alps
by CIPRA International — published Sep 20, 2016 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under: , ,
The European strategy for the Alps is intended to create new relationships between Alpine regions and the surrounding areas. This however requires oversight to ensure the reconciliation of interests as well as sustainable development, says Andreas Pichler, director of CIPRA international.
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Point of view: Adaptation to climate change is inevitable
by CIPRA International — published Nov 28, 2016 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:06 AM — filed under: ,
Despite progress in international climate policy, a rise in temperatures is inevitable. An adaptation now will save costs later, states Wolfgang Pfefferkorn, project manager for climate and energy at CIPRA International. Alpine regions are leading the way.
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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: Biodiversity Conservation: less talk, more action
by CIPRA International — published May 17, 2017 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:06 AM — filed under: , ,
May 22nd marks the International Day for Biological Diversity, an initiative brought into life by the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2000. Martha Dunbar, Project Manager for Biodiversity and Landscape, fears that now in 2017 we are still treading water.
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Point of view: Change begins in the heart
by CIPRA International — published Sep 30, 2015 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM — filed under: ,
Claire Simon, Executive Director of CIPRA International, used the occasion of the 2015 CIPRA annual conference to call for more engagement with people and their ways of thinking in order to strengthen the natural and cultural diversity of the Alps.
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Point of view: Equal opportunities for trains and trucks!
by CIPRA International — published Nov 07, 2019 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:12 AM — filed under: , , ,
224 million tonnes of goods rolled through the Alps last year, a new record – more than two thirds of it on trucks. To decrease the pressure on nature and humans along the transit axes, railways and roads have be on the same level playing field, says Jakob Dietachmair, Project Manager at CIPRA International.
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Point of view: European elections 2024: why a Swiss citizen would also like to vote
by CIPRA International — published Apr 24, 2024 — last modified Jun 12, 2024 09:27 AM — filed under: ,
Switzerland’s referendum-based democracy has pitfalls of its own when it comes to environmental and climate policy. There needs to be an overarching corrective, such as neighbouring countries have in their constitutional courts and through the legal institutions of the EU, says Kaspar Schuler – as a Swiss citizen and Executive Director of CIPRA International.
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Point of view: For glaciers without a circus
by CIPRA International — published Feb 17, 2020 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:11 AM — filed under: ,
The largest glacier ski resort in the Alps is to be built in Tyrol, Austria - on already melting glaciers. The planned connection of the ski areas in Pitztal and Ötztal goes against all reason, says Kaspar Schuler, Co-Manager of CIPRA International.
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Point of view: He who sows infrastructure, reaps more traffic
by CIPRA International — published Jan 27, 2016 — last modified Apr 24, 2024 03:26 PM — filed under: ,
At the end of February 2016 Swiss voters will decide on the building of a second road tunnel at the Gotthard Pass. The CHF 4 billion project will torpedo Switzerland’s modal shift policy, believes Barbara Wülser, CIPRA International’s communications manager.
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