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More information about the Swiss Presidency is available!

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More information about the Swiss Presidency is available!

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The priorities of the Swiss Presidency: https://www.alpconv.org/en/home/organisation/presidency/
Ad hoc Working Group for the Preparation of the 9th Report on the State of the Alps  - Alpconv

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On December 10, 2020, at the XVI Alpine Conference, Switzerland took over the Presidency of the Alpine Convention for the years 2021-2022 from France.

Together with the other Alpine states, the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention and the observers, Switzerland intends to promote climate protection and climate change adaptation in the Alpine region.

For its two-year Presidency, Switzerland has chosen three areas of focus: climate as the main theme, sustainable transport, and Alpine towns.

With the Alpine Climate Target System 2050 and the Climate Action Plan 2.0, the Alpine Convention has set itself the goal of making the Alps climate-neutral and climate-resilient. Switzerland wants to contribute to the achievement of this goal and plans several projects to this end.

Mobility levels and capacity demands on the transport networks are high in the Alps, which are at the same time a highly sensitive natural environment. To keep the impact on the environment to a minimum, Switzerland is committed to making transport more resource-friendly and to heightening awareness of the unique natural environment of the Alps.

Finally, Switzerland wishes to give new impetus in the urban areas of the Alps by addressing environmental and social issues. Switzerland will promote sustainable construction and renovation in the Alps and demonstrate that Alpine towns can adapt to climate change through spatial planning measures.

THE FIVE-POINT PLAN: projects and events
Within the framework of the three areas of focus, Switzerland is implementing a five-point plan during its 2021-2022 presidency: cycle tourism, the "Climate Hour", sustainable construction and renovation in the Alps, Alpine towns, and the modal shift policy.

Between 2021 and 2022, a series of events and projects will be organised, bringing together the actors of the Alpine region. In this context, the active inclusion of young people in the different projects is a fundamental element for the Swiss Presidency.

1. Cycle tourism: The first event took place on April 22, 2021 with the international conference "MoVe the Alps". During the conference, participants discussed how to promote sustainable and climate-friendly cycle tourism in the Alpine region. During the summer, the 2021 edition of YOALIN will take place, where sustainable mobility by bike, train and foot will play a central role.

2. Climate Hour: On June 5, 2021, the World Environment Day, Switzerland launched the Climate Hour. This decentralised event aims to show the variety of small and large climate actions in the Alpine region.

3. Sustainable construction and renovation in the Alps: In the context of the 10th anniversary of the Constructive Alps Architecture Prize, a conference was held on June 10, 2021 on this topic.

4. Alpine towns: The 9th Report on the State of the Alps will focus on Alpine towns. Alpine urban spaces will be highlighted for the first time and their climatic, environmental, and social challenges will be jointly examined and discussed. Together with Alpine towns and other partners, Switzerland is also launching the project "Climate Action in Alpine Towns", which involves the local population in promoting climate-friendly measures in the Alps. A peer learning workshop on the topic climate action in Alpine towns took place on June 18, 2021.

5. Modal shift policy: The Swiss Presidency wants to strengthen coordination between the Alpine states in the fields of transit traffic and road-rail transfer of transalpine traffic, which is an essential pillar for a sustainable transport policy. The intention is to set up a forum for the discussion of climate and transport objectives between states.

Switzerland is also leading the participatory elaboration of the new Multi-Annual Work Programme of the Alpine Convention for 2023-2030.

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On December 10, 2020, at the XVI Alpine Conference, Switzerland took over the Presidency of the Alpine Convention for the years 2021-2022 from France. Together with the other Alpine states, the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention and the observers, Switzerland intends to promote climate protection and climate change adaptation in the Alpine region.

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Austria‘s National Inventory Report 2020 - Submission under the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Changeand under the Kyoto Protocol

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Austria‘s National Inventory Report 2020 - Submission under the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Changeand under the Kyoto Protocol

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Environment Agency Austria (2020)

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CareforParis - Adaptation for carbon efficient forests and the entire wood value chain (including a policy decision support tool) - Evaluating pathways supporting the Paris Agreement

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Weiss et al. (2020)

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Strategies for Climate-Smart Forest Management in Austria

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BEAT - Bodenbedarf für Ernährungssicherung in Österreich

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Organic soil carbon in Austria – Status quo and foreseeable trends

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Growth-driven spatial planning: From cultivating the growth myth to shaping declining developments
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Growth and shrinking in the Alpine area – from problems to strategies
Blanka Bartol, Slovene Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning

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Land saving targets. Status quo in Alpine countries
Florian Lintzmeyer, Ifuplan

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Definition and provision of data concerning the impact of climate scenarios on land use - Austria
Robert Jandl, Austrian Research Centre for Forests (Climate Impact Research Coordination)

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