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Water in climate change
Alpine rivers supply more than 170 millions of people with water. Climate change is going to reduce this water availability in the Alps and also in other regions. Water demand will rise as well as the competition between different stakeholder groups. In the 31-page compact CIPRA presents reports showing the effects from climate change to water utility, as well as political instruments and good practice examples.
Agriculture in Climate Change
The agricultural sector is directly affected by climate change impacts but it also contributes to the release of greenhouse gases (GHG) and rising concentrations of GHG in the atmosphere. A sustainable climate response strategy in the field of agriculture involves anticipating, planning and long-term thinking from farm level to transnational level. Prominent fields of activity are sustainable land and soil management, sustainable water management, managing manure and soil carbon as well as organic agriculture as an overall strategy.
Tourismus im Klimawandel
Der Klimawandel stellt den alpinen Tourismus vor grosse Herausforderungen. Er muss sich an den Klimawandel anpassen und gleichzeitig klimaverträglicher werden. Insbesondere in den Schlüsselbereichen Verkehr und Energie liegen grosse Potenziale für eine Reduktion des CO2-Ausstosses.
Constructing and refurbishing in climate change
This CIPRA compact offers an overview on building projects in the Alps for the reduction and adaptation to climate change. CIPRA shows its main stance on this point: building renovation is a fundamental contribution to climate protection. In new buildings the passive house standard must be introduced in the Alps. The house of the future will even produce energy! This report is available in German and in French.
CIPRA compacts
The “CIPRA compact” collection within cc.alps features various theme books that deal critically with climate measures in the Alps. The collection comprises the field of activity: energy, building and renovating, energy self-sufficient regions, spatial planning, traffic, tourism, nature hazards, nature protection, agriculture, forestry and water. The reports are available in English, French and German.
Nature protection in climate change
The CIPRA compact “Nature Protection“ provides an overview on actions for nature protection in the Alps to limit climate change and adapt to it. Through restoring the natural state of bogs and fens, a near-natural cultivation of forests, the revitalisation of rivers and the creation of ecological networks, nature protection can provide an essential contribution to climate protection while also ecologically enhancing habitats in the Alps and protecting the population from natural hazards.