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Reading Mountains Festival 2025

The cultural diversity of the Alps is so omnipresent in our everyday lives that we all too often take it for granted. Once a year, the Alpine Convention pays tribute to the cultural heritage in the Alps with the Alpine-wide ‘Reading Mountains Festival’, which consists of a mosaic of events organised by our partners throughout the Alpine region and beyond.

Rethinking our mountains

Images from a youth retreat in the Alps: A summer weekend in an alpine hostel, ideas, thoughts, and plans arise around the glowing ashes of a campfire. Members of the CIPRA Youth Council meet in person in Imst-Pitztal to envision a better future for their beloved mountains.

XIV European Mountain Convention

From pastures to policies : ensuring the future of extensive livestock framing in mountain territoires

H2Opportunities

Water is one of our most precious resources and is under serious threat from the climate crisis. The project “H2Opportunities – Opening dialogues on a sustainable Alpine water future” shares knowledge and encourages discussion about fair water management.

A journey to the heart of the glaciers

The Glacier Caravan 2025 visited eight icy giants in Italy, Switzerland and Germany, calling for concrete action on climate change. The international campaign is backed by Legambiente, CIPRA Italy and the Italian Glaciological Committee.

Going underground? One tunnel breakthrough, numerous question marks

On 18 September 2025, politicians from Austria and Italy celebrated the breakthrough of the Brenner Base Tunnel between Austria and Italy. They dream of “smooth traffic” through and over the Alps – but many questions remain unanswered.

Winter sports reach a tipping point

Hydrologist Carmen de Jong warns of the ecological consequences of Alpine ski tourism. Her research shows that, without a rethink, the industry is heading for its demise.

The sound collector

Equipped with a microphone and a keen ear, Ludwig Berger explores the sounds of landscapes. This sound artist makes the climate crisis audible and opens up fascinating impressions, entering hidden sound worlds of the living and the transient.

Making biodiversity visible

Mountains and sustainability: in mid-September, researchers from around the world gathered in Innsbruck for the International Mountain Conference (IMC). CIPRA Lab presented its AlpsLife biodiversity project to the conference.

Alptextyles: weaving heritage into a circular Alpine future

Resource Talks - Voices from AG6

Voices along the Via Alpina – film and panel discussion

For 25 years, the Via Alpina has been connecting people, cultures and landscapes across the Alpine region as an international long-distance hiking trail. With a series of podcasts, the project "Voices along the Via Alpina" tells its story, highlights the challenges and opportunities of long-distance hiking and raises awareness of sustainable tourism in the Alps. To mark the end of the anniversary year and International Mountain Day on 11 December 2025, CIPRA International is hosting a film evening at Skino, followed by a panel discussion and apéro at Literaturhaus Liechtenstein.

Open Letter: Protect the Alps from Excessive Transit Traffic

The Alpine region is under increasing pressure — from the climate crisis, air pollution, and ever-growing traffic volumes. Numerous organisations, led by CIPRA International, have therefore addressed an open letter to Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas and the transport ministers of the Alpine countries.

Boundaries between nature, community and lived utopias

On the weekend of September 13th and 14th, the Dachverband für Natur- und Umweltschutz Südtirol, in its role as CIPRA South Tyrol, went on a hike through the South Tyrolean Alps together with eleven young adults. During the excursion, they visited the lived utopia Vergissmeinnicht (“Forget-me-not”) and later held an in-depth conversation with the director of the Bruneck Art Workshop.

Stone up - let's preserve our heritage!

Dry stone walling represents the intangible heritage of mankind, a unique adaptation of communities to the challenges of the environment and nature, an important component of the landscape and identity. Despite its uniqueness, however, the skills of dry stone walling are dying out.

Responsible bivouacking

Bivouacking is becoming increasingly popular, but spending the night outdoors can be problematic, especially in sensitive Alpine regions. A free handbook from CIPRA provides guidance on environmentally friendly behaviour along the Via Alpina.

Trento Film Festival

The Trento Film Festival is one of the oldest italian film festivals still in operation.

Symposium 1: VERNACULAR FUTURES - Intertemporal and interdisciplinary perspectives on vernacular architecture and climate

This symposium will explore various ways in which locally specific and culturally embedded forms of architecture are shaped through dynamic interactions between climatic, environmental, social and technical processes.

Symposium 2: Vernacular Buildings in the Anthropocene

This symposium asks what comfort, sustainability and adaptability mean for locally specific and culturally embedded forms of architecture as climate change pushes our planet into a period of major transformation.

Innsbruck Nature Film Festival

innsbruck nature film festival is a renowned nature and environmental film festival in Austria, which will take place for the 24th time in 2025. The international film contest attracts every year hundreds of filmmakers. Established as a key cultural event in Tyrol and Innsbruck, it covers topics such as nature, ecology and sustainability in addition to artistic film aspects. We promote networking and serve as a global platform for filmmakers, in cooperation with the IUCN CEC, the Alpine Convention and the Green Film Network.

Overshoot Conference

Why a conference on climate overshoot? The risk of exceeding the 1.5°C warming threshold is becoming increasingly real, making it more important than ever to understand the challenges of climate overshoot and explore ways to respond. This conference brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss how we can navigate the risks, trade-offs, and opportunities that come with overshoot scenarios. A key goal is to contribute to a deeper understanding within the scientific and policy communities-as well as among civil society-about the implications of overshoot and the decisions that come with it. At the same time, the conference provides a space to identify critical research gaps, helping to shape the future of scientific work on this urgent issue.

10 Years of the SDGs – What Now? Pathways Towards a Just Transition

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, SDG Watch Austria wants to look back at a decade of SDG implementation on a local, national, and international level. With the 2030 horizon approaching fast, and growing urgency for a just socio-ecological transformation, the conversation will also set the stage for discussions about the future of sustainable development beyond 2030.

EUSALP Annual Forum

Under the Co-Presidency of the Republic of Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein, the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) is celebrating a decade of alpine-wide cooperation.

Renewable energies: Alpine Convention becomes decisive

The EU wishes to accelerate the expansion of renewable energies. In the Alps, however, this must not come at the expense of sensitive natural areas. CIPRA International has now achieved two important clarifications through legal action: as a treaty under international law, the Alpine Convention takes precedence over secondary European Union law – that is, EU regulations and EU directives; consequently, its provisions must also be complied with when implementing the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III).

Relevance of quality of life for local governance

The position paper lays the ground for the future work of the GOVQoL project, the full title Empowering local governance of Alpine communities for a better quality of life. The paper was prepared to assure common understanding of the quality of life, elaborate the relationship between the quality of life and local governance, and emphasise why this relationship should be further strengthened. The position paper lays the ground for the future work of the GOVQoL project, the full title Empowering local governance of Alpine communities for a better quality of life. The paper was prepared to assure common understanding of the quality of life, elaborate the relationship between the quality of life and local governance, and emphasise why this relationship should be further strengthened.

Walking the Line: A Borderless Utopia on the Egger Alm

A group of young hikers and their mentors—many languages and nationalities—discovering how history, nature, and community intersect along a line drawn on a map.

Renewable energies: Alpine Convention becomes decisive

The EU wishes to accelerate the expansion of renewable energies. In the Alps, however, this must not come at the expense of sensitive natural areas. CIPRA International has now achieved two important clarifications through legal action: as a treaty under international law, the Alpine Convention takes precedence over secondary European Union law – that is, EU regulations and EU directives; consequently, its provisions must also be complied with when implementing the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III).

Young Glacier Voices

The glaciers in the Alps are melting at an ever-increasing rate. The Erasmus+ project “Young Glacier Voices” is making the consequences of the climate crisis tangible and encouraging young people to use their voices to call for more climate protection.

"Water and Alpine landscapes in times of climate crisis" - 2nd Landscape Conference

International Mountain Camp in the French Alps

Nestled in the breathtaking landscape surrounding majestic Mont Blanc, an unforgettable international summer camp brought together young people from Liechtenstein, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Slovenia. More than just a hike through alpine trails, the camp was a celebration of connection, discovery, and real inclusion.