Alpine Convention

🥈 The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention was delighted to be awarded second place in the national cycling campaign "Österreich radelt"! 🚲 This year, the participants in "Österreich radelt" collectively cycled 34 million kilometres and saved over 65 million kilogrammes of CO2. We were pleased to be part of this effort for sustainable mobility! Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie klimaaktiv #AlpineConvention #ÖsterreichRadelt #SustainableMobility

💻 The Alpine Convention's Alpine Climate Board (Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie) is organising a webinar next week! Theresa Janesch will present her master’s thesis titled “Help, the Alps are Glowing! Thoughts on a Spatial Climate Plan for the City of Lienz”, which developed the first draft of a spatial climate plan using the city of Lienz (AT) as a case study. She will be joined by her supervisor Sibylla Zech, Head of Research Unit of Regional Planning and Regional Development at the Technische Universität Wien. Together they will provide insights into climate spatial planning instruments. 🗓️ Monday, 25 November 🕘 09:00-10:30 ➡️ Make sure to register for the webinar here by Friday, 22 November: https://loom.ly/mvvQs_Y #AlpineConvention #SpatialPlanning #ClimateChange

⛰️ Alpine Convention Secretary General Alenka Smerkolj will be speaking at a side event at the UNFCCC COP29 today! She will present the Convention’s efforts to facilitate regional cooperation to address common challenges related to climate change and sustainable development. Her intervention will also provide insights into how to engage and align with relevant global processes to advance the mountain agenda. “Accelerating climate action for mountains and mountain people”, organised by the Mountain Partnership of the United Nations, will take place on 20 November in side event room 6 at the COP29 venue 📍 🌐 The event builds on the growing attention paid to mountains in international processes, aiming to mobilise governments and relevant organisations to strengthen political alliances and ensure mountain issues are mainstreamed within the UN Climate Change framework. #COP29 #AlpineConvention #MountainsMatter

Simon Ellmauer from Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie will present the Alpine Convention and the Alpine Climate Board at a side event of the UNFCCC COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan! He will share experiences from the Convention's cross-boundary collaboration and some of the Alpine-wide tools developed by the Alpine Climate Board during an event on "National Adaptation Plans and Regional Approaches for resilient Caucasus Mountains and Beyond" 🏔️ The aim of the event is to showcase the importance of transboundary and regional exchange in addressing shared climate change risks and enhancing resilience in mountain regions. 🗓️ 21 November 🕘 09:00-10:30 am (AZT) 📍 COP29 Azerbaijan Pavilion UN Climate Change UN Environment Programme UNDP Adaptation at Altitude #AlpineConvention #COP29 #SideEvent

⏳ Registration reminder for the anniversary edition of the Reading Mountains Festival! 🏔️📚 See which events are happening in your area and register your own event here: https://loom.ly/vIxPBmY

The Youth Parliament to the Alpine Convention (YPAC) on stage at the EUSALP Annual Forum in Brdo pri Kranju (SI)! 🇸🇮 Branislav Rauter, Principal of the Rudolf Maister Grammar and Secondary School Kamnik (SI), joined other experts for a panel discussion on a "Youth vision for the Alpine region". 🏫 He presented his school's experiences with YPAC, which Kamnik hosted this year. In March, young delegates from ten secondary schools travelled to Kamnik to discuss pressing issues in the Alps. We are very proud of the efforts of these Alpine youth who are engaging in politics and we look forward to the next session of the Youth Parliament in March 2025! ℹ️ Learn more about YPAC: https://loom.ly/YCaEwX8

☑️📄 Last week, delegates were finalising the documents and preparing the decisions of the next Alpine Conference at the 79th meeting of the Permanent Committee to the Alpine Conference! Representatives from the Alpine Convention Contracting Parties and Observer organisations met in Nova Gorica (SI) from 5 to 6 November to discuss numerous issues including the products and work of the current Slovenian Presidency of the Alpine Convention (Ministrstvo za naravne vire in prostor), the activities carried out by the Thematic Working Bodies during their current mandates (2023-2024), and the preliminary programme of the future Italian Presidency (Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica) 🇸🇮🇮🇹 Read more about the meeting: https://loom.ly/uAA4pb8 #AlpineConvention #InstitutionalMeeting #AlpineConference

🗺️ During its previous mandate (2021-2022), the Alpine Biodiversity Board of the Alpine Convention organised an international conference together with the Carpathian Convention. The ‘Alpine-Carpathian Biodiversity Forum’, held in December 2021, brought together experts and political representatives from mountain regions around the world. It was an opportunity for experts at national and international level to discuss issues and critical aspects related to the protection of mountain biodiversity ⛰️🌱 ➡️ The conclusions and recommendations from the conference are available here: https://loom.ly/ULCeKYU #AlpineBiodiversity #AlpineConvention #MountainBiodiversity

There is an open call for proposals for the International Mountain Conference (IMC)! The organising team from the Research Area “Mountain Regions” at the Universität Innsbruck is looking for proposals focusing on scientific research in mountain regions around the world 🌐⛰️ The IMC is an international conference dedicated to mountain research which will be held from 14-18 September 2025 in Innsbruck (AT). It offers six diverse formats including plenary sessions and workshops. The deadline for submitting proposals is 28 November ⏰ ℹ️ Find out more: https://loom.ly/ntncy_M #InternationalMountainConference #Innsbruck #MountainResearch

Strengthening global mountain governance was the focus of a side event titled “Global mountain governance: importance for building synergies between biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation”. The event took place in the framework of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Cali, Colombia 🇨🇴 The Alpine Convention joined mountain regions from around the world to discuss how to strengthen cooperation between regional mountain platforms and better linking mountain biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation and mitigation! 🌱🌡️ Read more about the side event: https://loom.ly/c3L6hrg #COP16 #InternationalCooperation #MountainBiodiversity Adaptation at Altitude CONDESAN | Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina UN Biodiversity Mountain Partnership of the United Nations UN Environment Programme ICIMOD