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Climate protection: are we doing the right thing?
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Mar 14, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
players / networks,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
sustainable development
Future in the Alps was a success! But CIPRA is moving on and, with fresh energy and new competence, is this time addressing one very important and equally complex topic. The climate is changing.
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EU funds for fifty harmful projects
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zopemaster
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Mar 13, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
development/support measures
At the end of February Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch published a list of 50 environmentally damaging and economically dubious infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern Europe, which are either financed or planned to be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and EU regional development funds.
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Award for sustainable projects in water management
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zopemaster
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Mar 13, 2008
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last modified
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sustainable development
This year again Swiss Re, a major reinsurance company, presented its ReSource Award. This Award is bestowed to innovative projects in water management as part of an annual competition.
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Alpine ski resorts melting away
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zopemaster
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Feb 28, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
A quick demise looks to be on the cards for two ski resorts in the Ticino/CH. Indeed the ski station at Abondance/F did not even go into operation this season.
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NENA: A new network of innovative enterprises in the Alps
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zopemaster
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Feb 14, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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players / networks,
development/support measures
A network of innovative and sustainability-orientated enterprises and umbrella organisations in the Alps was officially established in Zurich in mid-January.
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EU Green Paper on Mountain Regions
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zopemaster
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Feb 14, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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development/support measures,
players / networks,
environmental protection,
environment
The EU is planning to begin work on drawing up a Green Paper on EU policy on mountain regions this September. In doing so it accedes to a demand expressed by mountain regions over many years and takes an important step towards acknowledging the special status of mountain regions.
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Monitoring tool and strategies for regional development
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zopemaster
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Feb 14, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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INTERREG,
development/support measures,
regional development,
players / networks
The DIAMONT Interreg IIIB project (for Data Infrastructure for the Alps. Mountain Orientated Network Technology) came to an end with a conference in Innsbruck/A on February 1.
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Freight traffic in Europe: costs and alternatives
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zopemaster
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published
Feb 14, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
principle of true costs,
threats to nature and landscape,
nature
The European Commission has just released a handbook on the internationalisation of external costs in the transport sector. The handbook features proven methods for estimating and monetising the costs caused by air pollution, noise, climate change, congestion and accidents.
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Will Europe's largest photovoltaic installation soon be in the Alps?
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zopemaster
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Feb 14, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
solar energy,
renewable energy
Europe's largest photovoltaic installation is set to be built in the French département of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Negotiations have already taken place for the lease of the plot of land on which the installation is to be built, at an altitude of 1,000 m above sea level.
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Laser scanner to protect against floods
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zopemaster
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published
Feb 14, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
natural hazards,
nature,
natural hazards,
nature,
information systems
As part of the EU-sponsored research project FloodScan the German Land of Bavaria is to be photographed and surveyed from the air using laser scanners.
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