The Alpine Town of the Year Association
ALPSTAR: Initial conference
The goal of the Alpine Space Project “ALPSTAR, Toward Carbon Neutral Alps – Make Best Practice Minimum Standard”, is to achieve climate neutrality in the Alps by 2050. At the initial conference on 27th and 28th October 2011 in Chambéry participants discussed the policy requirements on energy, transport and the economy in order to reach climate neutrality in the Alps. Concepts for good climate governance and effective means of communication to engage the population were presented. More
Annecy is Alpine Town of the Year 2011
For years now the French town of Annecy has been pursuing a policy of
sustainability. As a reward for its efforts the principal town of the
Haute-Savoie département and its 53,000 inhabitants have been nominated
as the Alpine Town of the Year 2012. More
