Innovation to counter emigration

Emigration and the brain drain in the Alpine region: a new EU project involving CIPRA aims to counteract this trend. It is testing innovative governance models to strengthen mountain regions and create a win-win situation for regions of origin, destinations and young emigrants.

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Hidden CO2 emitters
Hidden CO2 emitters
Climate protection measures are expensive, which is why they are regularly criticised and rejected. How then can it be that at the same time the Alpine states are spending billions on environmentally harmful subsidies?
Commuting made easy
Commuting made easy
Commuting to work in healthier, more environmentally friendly ways: this is the goal set by the Slovenian municipality of Škofja Loka and local companies in the Trata 2.1 project, inspired by the experiences of corporate mobility management in the Alpine Rhine Valley.
Avoiding mountains of trash
Avoiding mountains of trash
Litter is not only found in seas or urban areas: littering is also increasingly impinging on mountain areas. Initiatives and campaigns are motivating people to collect and avoid litter in the Alps.
Winter tourism in the climate crisis
Winter tourism in the climate crisis
Dry winters have made natural snow increasingly rare and artificial snow ever more expensive: the report “Nevediversa 2023” analyses the impact of the climate crisis on ski resorts in Italy.

Events

  • 2025-05-09T00:00:00+02:00
  • 2025-05-11T23:59:59+02:00
  • Cuneo (Italy)
May 09, 2025 - May 11, 2025
Cuneo Montagna Festival Cuneo (Italy)
  • 2025-05-27T00:00:00+02:00
  • 2025-05-27T23:59:59+02:00
  • online
May 27, 2025
Webinar - Successfully organising sustainable procurement with proCURE online
  • 2025-06-27T08:30:00+02:00
  • 2025-06-28T13:00:00+02:00
  • SAL - Saal am Lindaplatz, Landstrasse 19, 9494 Schaan, Liechtenstein
Jun 27, 2025 - Jun 28, 2025
FutureForum Alps 2025 SAL - Saal am Lindaplatz, Landstrasse 19, 9494 Schaan, Liechtenstein

Projects

Alpine Compass: Youth for quality of life in the Alps
Alpine Compass: Youth for quality of life in the Alps
[Project completed] How to improve the life quality of young people in the Alps? The project “Alpine Compass” empowers young people, raises awareness among decisionmakers and strengthen the transnational collaboration.
Trata 2.1
Trata 2.1
[Project completed] Commuting made easy: The mobility of commuters in the Slovenian industrial area of Trata is to become more environmentally friendly - with the help of experiences from similar projects in the border triangle of Switzerland-Austria-Liechtenstein.
Dialogues on wolves – strengthening shepherds’ networks in the Alps
Dialogues on wolves – strengthening shepherds’ networks in the Alps
[Completed] A project that promotes exchanges of knowledge across national and linguistic borders between shepherds in the Alpine region.