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Act now to protect forests: sign the #HandsOffNature petition!

More than 40 percent of the Alpine region is covered by forests. They are not only a defining feature of the landscape, but also a cornerstone of Alpine livelihood, providing building materials, supporting biodiversity, and delivering essential ecosystem services.

Webinar: The journey of water

Where does it come from? Where does it go? Who owns it and who decides?

Local Peaks, Global Learning

Mountain landscapes are more than dramatic backdrops, they are powerful learning environments. This webinar series brings together educators, researchers, mountaineers, and community practitioners. It explores how learning takes place in the context of the mountains: from Arctic outdoor education to student expeditions in the American West, from Himalayan ascents to Alpine community action.

Youth Parliament to the Alpine Convention: Climate Resilient Development

What is CRD? It is the framework of solutions to fight climate change. These solutions are based on adaptation (or maladaptation), i.e. how we deal with the risks of climate change and become more resilient in the face of existing and future threats. And on mitigation, i.e. how we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and keep the global surface temperature below 2°C to ensure a liveable future for the next generations.

Milano-Cortina 2026: Fair play? Not a chance!

Artificial snow, traffic, concrete, fossil fuel sponsorship: numerous fouls were committed against nature before and during the 2026 Winter Olympics – and were also the subject of media coverage.

Alps in Motion: new Alpine-wide Day of Action

The Alpine Fire is being reimagined. With Alps in Motion, CIPRA Switzerland and CIPRA International are launching an Alpine-wide Day of Action on 29 August 2026.

Responsible management of mountain water resources

Mountain regions constitute a unique yet fragile natural environment that provides habitat for numerous rare and endemic species. Their biodiversity is rich, yet highly vulnerable. These areas host a variety of aquatic ecosystems—rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and peat bogs — which have very limited self-purification capacity and are extremely sensitive to change. Their condition is directly affected by climate change and human activities.

ForumAlpinum 2026

ForumAlpinum 2026: Alpine communities and territories in a time of glacier loss and climate change

Alpine Changemaker Network

How can we advance eco-social transformation in the Alpine region? The Alpine Changemaker Network project combines Alpine traditions, as reflected in contemporary art, culture and design, with current approaches to overcoming global crises.

Survey on Intangible Alpine Cultural Heritage

The Italian Presidency of the Alpine Convention and the task force “Population and Culture” invite you to participate in a survey – the first step toward transalpine exchange on intangible Alpine heritage, particularly in the area of food culture.

cc.alps compacts

Through the project “cc.alps” CIPRA investigated climate measures in the Alps. CIPRA brought together climate protection and climate adaptation activities in the Alps (hereinafter these activities are defined as climate measures) and analysed what effects these climate measures have on the environment, economy and society. The “CIPRA compact” collection within cc.alps features various theme books that deal critically with climate measures in the Alps. The collection comprises the fields of activity: energy, building and construction, energy self-sufficient regions, spatial planning, transport, tourism, nature protection, agriculture, forestry and water.

Media coverage of Milano-Cortina 2026

Selected media reports on the 2026 Winter Olympics – CIPRA as a committed voice for sustainable Alpine policy.

Heating of buildings and air quality 2.0

The project represents a continuation of efforts to reduce air pollution resulting from improper combustion in individual furnaces. Particular attention is paid to the use of outdated wood biomass combustion devices, which contribute significantly to emissions of particles that are harmful to health.

Winter Olympics on shaky ground

Use as much concrete and steel as possible: that seems to be the sustainability strategy for the Winter Olympics in the Italian Alps. Mountain communities are particularly affected. The icing on the cake is the construction of a new cable car on a slippery slope in Cortina.

After the Games is before the Games

The French people were not involved in the planning of the 2030 Winter Olympics. Environmental organisations are mobilising for public participation and sustainable Games. Meanwhile, Switzerland is preparing its Olympic bid for 2038.

Point of view: Winter Games need to face reality

Major events promise modernity, revitalisation and global visibility. In the Alps, however, these promises are now being made in territories marked by the climate crisis, depopulation and, at the same time, growing tourist pressure. Looking closely at Milan-Cortina 2026, what emerges is not only a celebration of sport, but one of the largest public and infrastructure investment programmes ever concentrated in the Alpine area – with effects that are set to continue well beyond the time of the competitions, says Vanda Bonardo, president of CIPRA Italy.

Petition against oil companies in skiing

An oil giant as a premium partner: energy company ENI is sponsoring the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. Athletes are now calling for a rethink in winter sports with the “Ski Fossil Free” petition.

Ensuring the Right to Stay for Young Farmers and Rural Youth

The seminar offers an opportunity to exchange on how to turn the EU Strategy for Generational Renewal into concrete actions, fostering dialogue and partnerships for rural youth and young farmers.

SWITCH – From Discussing Sustainability to Acting

Stop talking about sustainability. Start delivering it. SWITCH is the first event in the region and one of the very few in Europe that doesn’t discuss sustainable events, but demonstrates them in real-time. Every decision, every process, and every outcome is measured, visible, and actionable. Designed as a living event laboratory, SWITCH brings together event clients, organisers, destinations, suppliers, innovators, and young talent who share one clear goal: to redesign events to be regenerative, circular, measurable, and commercially smarter. This is where sustainable event organisation becomes tangible, profitable, and repeatable.

MICROPLASTICdays

MICROPLASTICdays brings together experts, stakeholders, and the public to exchange knowledge and strengthen collaboration in the field of microplastic research. Following two successful editions featuring lectures, interactive seminars, and hands-on workshops, it is time to take the event to the next level with even more engaging topics and inspiring discussion.

The Better-Cities Event

The world's most enthusiastic urbanists, city leaders and changemakers meet in Ljubljana.

Alps in Motion: new Alpine-wide Day of Action

The Alpine Fire is being reimagined. With Alps in Motion, CIPRA Switzerland and CIPRA International are launching an Alpine-wide Day of Action on 29 August 2026.

Experiencing the melting of glaciers

By 2100, only 12 per cent of today’s glaciers will remain in the Alps. In the webinar kicking off the Erasmus+ project “Young Glacier Voices”, glacier experts talked about the disappearing ice.

Winter Olympics on shaky ground

Use as much concrete and steel as possible: that seems to be the sustainability strategy for the Winter Olympics in the Italian Alps. Mountain communities are particularly affected. The icing on the cake is the construction of a new cable car on a slippery slope in Cortina.

Transhumance as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: A Way Forward?

The symposium "Transhumance as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: A Way Forward?" aims to take stock of the progress made in plans to safeguard and promote transhumance in the various countries involved in the inscription process, as well as to share experiences on topics relating to the future of the practice: shepherd training, adapting to new socio-economic and environmental contexts, common-pool resource management, promoting products from transhumant livestock farming, space sharing, and cultural mediation. It will primarily bring together representatives of professionals from the cultural and livestock (farmers, shepherds) sectors, and promoters of plans to safeguard and promote transhumance. Under the patronage of the French National Commission for UNESCO, the symposium is organized by the Maison de la Transhumance, in partnership with the CORAM, the Association Française de Pastoralisme, and the French Ministry of Culture.

Growing alternative crops for new market opportunities in a changing climate

EU CAP Network workshop

When nature loses, we all lose

The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the safety of our homes – all depend on strong environmental laws. Right now, those protections are under attack. Once they’re gone, we hand the keys of our future to those who see nature only as a resource to exhaust. In the EU, environmental laws are being gutted, under the promise of “simplification” of the legal system. But in reality, these changes will only profit greed, while endangering the lives of all.

[3 questions to … ] Francesca Pasetti Bombardella

2026 is the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026) aimed at raising global awareness of the critical importance of rangelands and pastoralist communities, managed by FAO during the whole 2026. Francesca Pasetti Bombardella is co-chair of the Regional IYRP Support Group Europe.

Preserving the water ressource in the French Jura massif : using a holistic method to better share and adapt to climate change

Adaptation of pastoralism to climate change doesn’t only rely on the shoulders of shepherds and livestock farmers. To deal with climate change, it is important to have a global view, understand how stakes intertwine and think about the adaptation of an ecoregion as a whole - otherwise it cannot be sustainable. That’s what Olivier Erard demonstrates within a project led by the Community of Agglomeration of the Pays de Gex and the National Natural Reserve of the High Jura’s mountains range, which objective was to work on the preservation of the water ressource while answering the needs of pastoral farmers.

Webinar - Glaciers explained: Science behind the melting ice