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News

EU Green Paper on Mountain Regions

(14.02.2008) The EU is planning to begin work on drawing up a Green Paper on EU policy on mountain regions this September. In doing so it accedes to a demand expressed by mountain regions over many years and takes an important step towards acknowledging the special status of mountain regions.  More

EU funds for fifty harmful projects

(14.02.2008) At the end of February Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch published a list of 50 environmentally damaging and economically dubious infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern Europe, which are either financed or planned to be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and EU regional development funds. More

Events

Preservation of Biocultural Diversity - A Global Issue

06.-08.05.2008, Vienna/A
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International Disaster and Risk Conference Davos 2008 - From thoughts to action

25-29.08.2008, Davos/CH
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Publication

Climate Change in the European Alps

Year of publication: 2007

Climate change poses a serious challenge to social and economic development in all countries. While international commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are essential, adaptation to the impacts of climate change must also be integrated into sectoral and economic policies worldwide. This volume examines the implications of climate change for the economies in the European Alps. It focuses on adaptation measures to address two key vulnerabilities: increasing losses in winter tourism due to reduced snow cover, and increased exposure of settlements and infrastructure to natural hazards. More