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Concise, relevant, all over the Alps: In its monthly newsletter alpMedia CIPRA informs about the primary topics from the Alps. It presents selected events, CIPRA’s point of view and an amusing fun facts. AlpMedia is published in German, French, Italian and Slovenian. Every two months, there is a best-of in English.

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20 years of the Youth Parliament

Alpine Politics — May 05, 2026

Maya Mathias-Seger, CIPRA International

Turbines in drinking water and solar panels on dams: with these and other ideas, the Youth Parliament to the Alpine Convention, which met in the French city of Chamonix in mid-March 2026, aims to strengthen climate resilience in the Alps. Read More…

Collapsing Alpine glaciers

Climate — May 04, 2026

Sofie Terzer, CIPRA International

Austria’s ice giants are shrinking rapidly and literally crumbling away; Germany will soon be ice-free. Research shows that retreating glaciers mean we are losing not only water reservoirs, but also archives of human history. Read More…

Point of view: The good traveller leaves no traces

Mobility & Transport — May 04, 2026

Stephan Tischler, CIPRA Austria

Traffic jams, noise, exhaust fumes: this problem affects not only densely populated urban centres but, owing to the still overwhelmingly dominant share of motorised transport, also the Alpine regions. Yet we have long known that there is another way, says Stephan Tischler, transport scientist at the University of Innsbruck and Chair of CIPRA Austria. Read More…

Point of view: The good traveller leaves no traces

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