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Visit our Website for futher information on the implementation pathways and next steps!

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Visit our Website for futher information on the implementation pathways and next steps!

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www.alpineclimate2050.org

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We are the Alpine Climate Board (ACB) of the Alpine Convention.
We are committed to climate action in the Alps!

In 2016, the XIV Alpine Conference established the Alpine Climate Board (ACB). Its purpose is to bring under one roof all relevant climate change activities carried out in the framework of the Alpine Convention.
The ACB ist chaired by Helmut Hojesky, an expert on climate policy at the AT Federal Ministry for Climate Action.

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We developed this webinar in order to provide information on financial options for climate activities in the Alps, giving an overview over existing funding options and innovative funding formats and providing a platform for regular exchanges.

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The ACB set out to elaborate a concrete system of objectives of the Alpine Convention with the goal of reaching “climate-neutral and climate-resilient Alps” by 2050, named as the Alpine Climate Target System 2050.
At the XVI Alpine Conference in December 2020 the ministers of the Alpine States adopted the Climate Action Plan with 30 implementation pathways

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Andrea Bianchini, DG Environment of the European Commission

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Joint secretariat of the Alpine Space Programme

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Sebastian Hartmann, Centre for Energy and Environment Allgäu

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Jan Gartner, Raumpioniere

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innovative formats: Concepts of regional cooperatives and social innovation

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innovative formats: Concepts of regional cooperatives and social innovation

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Helen Lückge, Climonomics

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For which implementation pathways or steps are "classical" financial instruments relevant?

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For which implementation pathways or steps are "classical" financial instruments relevant?

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In general:
- Work across borders
- (Transnational) governance work
- More strategic projects
- Those less appetible for private investors such as nature, biodiversity and ecosystems conservation

Transport:
- Try and change public infrastructures (IP_Tr3 public transport)
- Freight transport

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For which implementation pathways or steps are "innovative" funding formats relevant?

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For which implementation pathways or steps are "innovative" funding formats relevant?

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In general:
- Those with benefits for local communities
- Small-scale projects that are strongly locally anchored / have direct benefits for local communities (e.g. neighbourhood projects)
- Nature based solutions

Specific sectors:
- Work-home mobility (step 2b pilot projects of IP_Tr2)
- Tourism
- Agriculture - to connect small farmers and their practices that lower co2 with local consumers

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Which other formats do you know? Please share their strengths and weaknesses with us.

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Which other formats do you know? Please share their strengths and weaknesses with us.

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Private foundations:
Building partnerships with private foundations whose mission is in line with the alpineclimate2050 (there are so many in the Alps!).
Strengths: potential for continued and diversified support, not on a project basis. Could also relatively easily cover secretariat cost for the ACB.
Weakenesses: it takes time to develop a trustworthy relationship with foundations, and once established, it requires nurturing and transparence (=time). However, this is not more than the time normally dedicated to project administraiton and reporting

The financial market:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/sustainable-finance-technical-expert-group_en

Big banks, green bonds

International Financing instruments:
Strength and Weakness: Strong in volume, but often not in line with climate neutrality and climate resilience

National funding instruments:
Climate initiative in Germany
Climate Energy Fund Austria
Environmental Fund Austria
klima:aktiv initiative

Cooperatives:
Especially for smaller scale projects on local level

Space Agencies:
There are a LOT of running programmes/projects related to climate change/ climate mitigation etc... e.g. ASAP, ARTES, GCOS.. mainly strong focus on research