22 June 2021
June 2021
By saying NO to the CO2 Act in a national vote, the Swiss people rejected the Paris Climate Agreement, which had been ratified by the Swiss Confederation. How can we now halve our CO2 emissions,…
Pressekonferenz Guttannen, Foto: Alpen-Initiative / Mathias Nutt
6 May 2021
April 2021
With a media conference in Guttannen, broadcast as a livestream, the Alpine Initiative launched its campaign for the referendum on Switzerland’s new CO2 Act. The Alps are running out of time. For the population, as…
PietroGianolli
15 September 2020
August 2020
The Alpine Initiative has lit this year's Alpine fire at countless locations throughout Switzerland. It has redimensioned the highly symbolic Alpine fire and split it into many small fires. Decentrally, numerous supporters have lit their…
Klimaschutz heisst auch Alpenschutz
15 September 2020
April 2020
The consequences of global warming on the Alpine region, the moated castle of Europe, are dramatic: the dwindling glaciers, thawing permafrost and dried-out protection forests favour rock falls, debris flows, forest fires and floods. With…
Alpenfeuer Rosswald, 2017 © Alpen-Initiative
5 March 2020
August 2019
In 2019, the traditional Alpine bonfire was lit in Mürren. The protest event against the destruction of the Alps demanded a massive reduction in the CO2 emissions of transport. A total of 30 bonfires were…
Jon Pult, Präsident Alpen-Initiative; Foto: Monika Flückiger, © Alpen-Initiative
8 January 2019
December 2018
A study shows that trucks emit as much CO2 today, as they did 25 years ago. The Alpine Initiative is calling for CO2 reduction goals to be finally introduced for trucks as well.
1 March 2000
Report Effect of transalpine traffic on air pollution in Alpine valleys
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