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Hello everybody! I am project manager in the sector of nature&people at CIPRA. My background is a mosaic of social and cultural sciences, regional development, cultural landscape development (specifically cultural landscape influenced by alpine farming traditions), site management, nature- and wilderness training and outdoor sports and experiences in the Alps. I am highly intersted in a respectful co-existence of humans with each other as well as with animals and other species in the Alpine region.

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Anna Rita Hollaus (Forest Dep., Tyrolean Regional Government)

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Anna Rita Hollaus (Forest Dep., Tyrolean Regional Government)

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I'm a forest engineer in Tyrol / Austria. Our Alpine forests challenge more damages and diseases (e.g. Vaia in Eastern Tyrol). Within the project called "Klimafitter Bergwald Tirol" I support forest owners to make their forests fit for climate change by public relation, afforestation and tending practices.

Therefore, the forest functions, especially protection against natural hazards, in the Tyrolean Alps should remain also in the future. That's our main goal to achieve.

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Working for more than 30 years as a landscape planner for the province of Lower Austria. My department of Rural Development is responsible for soil protection at regional level. But I am not a soil scientist!

We are involved in numerous European initiatives and strategies: since 2004 in the European Land and Soil Alliance, since 2010 in EUSDR and since 2015 in EUSALP. I am also the representative of the Province of Lower Austria at CIPRA Austria and involved in the Soil Protection Working Group of the Alpine Convention.

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Cristina Dalla Torre (Eurac Research, Bolzano - Italy)

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Cristina Dalla Torre (Eurac Research, Bolzano - Italy)

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I am a researcher at the Institute for Regional Development of Eurac Research (Bolzano/IT), where I have been researching how rural and mountain areas can develop socioeconomically through bottom-up innovative initiatives meeting societal challenges and promoting socioeconomic wellbeing (social innovation), adaption to climate change, and the collective governing of resources.

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Happy to meet you all! I am the National Coordinator for the Alpine Convention in Switzerland and looking forward to our "climate" focused presidency in 2021/22! Lots of good projects in our mind... and more to come out of this matchmaking event!

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Moritz Nachtschatt (Protect Our Winters Austria)

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Moritz Nachtschatt (Protect Our Winters Austria)

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I am the general manager of Protect Our Winters Austria, part of Protect Our Winters Global. I'm 50% based in Vienna and 50% close to Salzburg. Our focus in the last years was on raising awareness in form of workshops at schools and social media campaigns. Since last year we focus more on mobility which tough during times of COVID. Together with our other POW countries in Europe we're also talking to MEP's of our member countries

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Good day everybody! I am an environmental economist and policy analyst working on climate change adaptation and governance. I participate in the Alpine Climate Board and the Alpine Green Economy Board since their setup. I am eager to collect information and feelings from other people around the Alps on the Implementation Pathways we developed at the Alpine Climate Board and hopefully find a strong basis and willingness to move to action!

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(CIPRA International)
I am the Co-Director of CIPRA Int. in Schaan, Liechtenstein, and at home just around the corner, in the Grisons in Switzerland. Formerly I was the Executive Director and later also Campaign Director Climate & Energy of Greenpeace in Switzerland.
Since I have spent 13 summers on Swiss alps, making cheese and guarding cattle I am still fond of being up there in summer, supporting heardsmen. And sometimes I just hang around in the mountains, together with my family.

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Wolfgang Lexer (Environment Agency Austria / Umweltbundesamt)

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Wolfgang Lexer (Environment Agency Austria / Umweltbundesamt)

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I am a climate change adaptation expert at the Environment Agency Austria, where I am currently acting as Leader of the Expert Team on Climate Change. For the last +10 years I have been working on projects at EU, Alpine and (sub)national levels along all stages of the adaptation policy cycle, from climate change impacts and vulnerability analysis to development of adaptation options, policy drafting and monitoring & evaluation. Interfaces of climate adaptation with natural hazard management and spatial planning are a special interest. I am a member of the Alpine Climate Board of the Alpine Convention and of EUSALP AG8. During the matchmaking event, I have the pleasure of facilitating the sectoral workshop sessions on Natural Hazards, together with Katharina Rieder (Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control at the Ministry). Come and join our Natural Hazards Group!

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Let´s team up for Climate Action in the Alps! Matchmaking Workshop to implement the Alpine Climate Target System 2050. (An event of the Alpine Climate Board)
Some words about me and my current challenges...
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I'm a passionate mountaineer and trained spatial planner from  Austria. I've been working hands on with municipalities and provincial governments for several years as well as a researcher at university. I've been collaborating with working groups EUSALP AG8 and PLANALP to author a study on risk governance and draft the recent Report on the State of the Alps (Nr. 7). Recently, I focus my work on climate proofing of spatial planning instruments to actually make climate adaptation happen in our statutory planning systems. Therefore, I'll be co-chairing the spatial planning workshop in the matchmaking event.

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I work at the Tourism Service Board within the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism. I work on different fields of sustainability and tourism, especially on Climate Change in the Austrian tourism. Last year, at Lyon, I participated the first time at a Workshop of the Alpine Climate Board. As tourism is a cross-sector matter we work together with other ministries and representations of interests. We develop Guidelines an do awareness raising and knowledge Transfer for the tourism branch.

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Karin Augsburger (Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development)

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Karin Augsburger (Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development)

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I work for the department “International Affairs” of the ARE and in this position, am a member of the Alpine Climate Board. Creating the website www.alpineclimate2050.org and organizing the Matchmaking workshop have been two of our main tasks in the last few months. I’ll support the workshop sessions and give you a guided tour in the break on Day 1. I’m looking forward to seeing the “matchmaking” take shape into implementation partnerships!

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I am a dedicated international development cooperation practitioner with 15 years of experience working at the interface of science-policy-practice in the areas of climate change adaptation, nature-based solutions, Research-for-Impact.
As a relatively new resident to the Alps, it's my pleasure to engage with and contribute to the Alpine Climate Target System 2050. I look forward to the workshop!

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Katharina Rieder (Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control)

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Katharina Rieder (Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control)

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I work in the field of natural hazards and I am a spatial planner.
The Climate Change plays an important role in both areas, therefore i'm glad that the Alpine Climate Board decided to set this focus . Besides this team I'm also a member of EUSALP AG8 and PLANALP and I will use my knowledge and experience from those groups to contribute to the workshop on natural hazards.

I am looking forward to the exchange and discussions during the workshop.

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I’m expert for sustainable tourism development and sustainable mobility in the Alps. In the last 6 years I’ve implemented numerous projects fighting and adapting to climate change. When not working for sustainability in the Alps, I love to explore the Alps on foot and by bike.

I’m happy to support the Alpine Climate Board with CIPRAs expertise on sustainable commuter mobility.

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A naturalist and environmental planner, I have been involved in natural resource management for three decades. Currently I am particularly interested in landscape restoration along transnational rivers and in forest issues, in the Alps and the wider Mediterranean area. I also specifically value strategies that rely on alliances and building bridges between stakeholders.

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I am a physicist and I am about to graduate in my master in Atmospheric Physics at the University of Bologna, even though I spent the last six months working on a thesis in Mountain Meteorology in the Alps. I am involved in Alpine cooperation as a youth representative and I collaborated with Eusalp and I am currently an active member of the Cipra Youth Council.
I am very happy to be part of this team as I am dedicating a lot of energies to Climate Action in the Alps especially for the point of view of the youngests.

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A passionate visitor to the Alps, I work in the Vienna office of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). It serves as Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention and Global Mountain Hub within the organisation. I work on issues of climate change adaptation and governance, and am excited to be part of the ACB community.

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Geographical scope: Global and inter-regional (South Caucasus, East Africa, Himalayas, Andes, as well as Alps and Carpathians)

Time frame: 2020-2023

Partners: Mountain Research Initiative, CONDESAN, ICIMOD, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of Geneva, Zoi Environment Network

Co-financiers: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Contributions to SDGs: 15.4., 13.2., 13.3.

Environmental challenge
Given the unprecedented speed and magnitude of climate change in mountainous regions, adaptation strategies have to be developed and practical solutions carried out urgently. However, to be effective, climate change adaptation strategies must also respond to other changes taking place. Climate adaptation strategies and solutions in mountains should therefore be understood as technologies, processes or approaches that adjust natural or human systems to actual or expected climate impacts. At the same time, they should address environmental and socio-economic opportunities and constraints.

Adaptation to climate change and development are inextricably linked. Good adaptation can deliver good development outcomes. Securing good development requires effective adaptation action. Therefore, climate adaptation strategies and solutions in mountains should help communities there to conserve, restore and sustainably manage the key ecosystem goods and services on which their livelihoods depend.

It is widely recognized that the most effective responses to the challenges posed by climate change in mountain regions stem from a regional approach due to the cross-border nature of mountains. Cooperation and exchange at regional levels tap into local (traditional) knowledge, address challenges of mutual concern and support the development of adequate and regionally-tailored solutions. Strengthening regional cooperation can also help ensure that adequate mountain adaptation policies are taken on board at national levels.
Programme
The overall objective of the programme is to increase knowledge on climate change and appropriate adaptation solutions in mountains. This will then be fed into science-policy platforms for informed decision-making in national, regional and global policy processes, including the Global Stocktake of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. As a result, the long-term desired impact is to increase the resilience of both mountain communities and ecosystems to climate change.

The progamme - which has been initiated and fully funded by the Swiss Agency of Development of Cooperation (SDC) - aims to respond to the above challenge with four goals:

1. To improve the availability and use of mountain observation data and information on climate change impacts in mountains;

2. To integrate mountain climate change adaptation into planning and policy processes;

3. To strengthen and apply knowledge on climate change adaptation solutions in mountains;

4. To ensure that major global policy processes take climate change adaptation in mountains into account.

UNEP is deeply involved in the second component, which is also helping to strengthen inter-regional cooperation.
Any questions?
For more information please contact: [email protected]

See also: www.adaptationataltitude.org

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adaptation at altitude : mountains at the frontline of climate change

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Adaptation at Altitude : Mountains at the frontline of climate change

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Adaptation at Altitude : Mountains at the frontline of climate change Geographical scope: Global and inter-regional (South Caucasus, East Africa, Himalayas, Andes, as well as Alps and Carpathians) Time frame: 2020-2023 Partners: Mountain Research Initiative, CONDESAN, ICIMOD, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of Geneva, Zoi Environment Network Co-financiers: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Contributions to SDGs: 15.4., 13.2., 13.3.

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Dr. Tobias Hipp (German Mountaineering Association / DAV)

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Dr. Tobias Hipp (German Mountaineering Association / DAV)

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I am a geoscientist by training, for the last 6 at the Department for Environmental Conservation of the German Alpine Association (DAV). When not in the field on some rock or ice, among other thigs I deal with the impacts of climate change in the Alps with a special focus on tourism and the skiing industry.

I am happy to support the Alpine Climate Board by moderating the work shop session on Tourism.

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Nathalie Morelle, Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention

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Nathalie Morelle, Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention

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Initially a scientist, I have been working for the protection and sustainable development of the Alps, my chosen home, for some 25 years: first as international coordinator of the Via Alpina hiking trail initiative, and since 2016 as project officer at the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention, where climate is one of my main focuses.
I am convinced that international cooperation, also between local actors, is essential to achieve the Alpine Conference's commitment to climate neutral and climate resilient Alps! I will support Stefan Drexlmeier in our sessions on Energy during the Matchmaking Workshop and I am looking forward to these two days... and the years to come!

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The Alpine Climate Target System 2050 provides a (new) framing for "traditional" environmental issues such as urban sprawl, soil protection and integrated planning of settlement and transport. At ifuplan, we are looking forward to contributing to the ACTS together with local, regional and federal stakeholders.
So scenarios like this remain what they are - fiction and not reality.

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Tourist destinations in the Alps are vulnerable to climate change. But at the same time, potentials for a climate-friendly and sustainable development are high. To support tourist destinations to adapt to climate change we recently developed a manual which can be downloaded here: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/anpassung-an-den-klimawandel-die-zukunft-im (available in German).
For more information about us and our work you can visit our webpage https://www.fresh-thoughts.eu/. We are looking forward to working together!

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I am very pleased to facilitate the workshop sessions around the topic of energy!

Feel free to find out more about what we do on our website.

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Klimafrühling Oberland 2019 Portraits (5 von 5)

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Transport Target 2 - Reduced car-dependency

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Transport Target 2 - Reduced car-dependency

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Transport

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Tourism Target 3 - Minimized carbon footprint of Alpine hotels and gastronomy

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Spatial Planning

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Mountain Agriculture Target 4 - Resilient and climate friendly mountain agriculture

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Transport Target 3 - Reduced working mobility

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Energy Target 1 - Alpine efficiency solutions

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Ecosys&Biodiv Target 1 - Preserved ecosystems and biodiversity

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Ecosys&Biodiv Target 3 - Maintained and restored Alpine ecosystem services

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Three attempts were necessary this year - but we are now having our Matchmaking event for the Alpine Climate Board! I am looking forward to the event and hope that we can bring together many promising "rope teams" that will take our ideas of the implementation pathways forward. I have been supporting the ACB from its first steps onward and am happy to be working with this dynamic group.
More infos about me and my background:
http://climonomics.de/en/

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in the "Vallon de la Bendola"

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In the Italo-French Valley of the Roya / Roia River, and precisely in the "Vallon de la Bendola" which is a tributary, the LAMA - Alpine Microclimatic Laboratory was created. Many meteorological and climatic sensors have been installed to characterize the microclimate of this 40 sq km valley. The data will be published on a webgis portal, created by the University of Genoa, and made available to researchers and communities throughout the Alpine chain.

More information (in Italian and French) at this link: http://www.concerteaux-iisl.eu/lama-laboratorio-microclimatico-alpino/

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Our Working Group on transport is highly concerned with alpine contribution to struggle against climate warming.
https://www.alpconv.org/en/home/topics/transport/

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I am looking forward to this online event ;-) I will support the event during the planning process and will be responsible for the technical implementation. Furthermore I will  demonstrate tools for collaboration. Further information about me at https://david.roethler.at/