Climate Action in Alpine Towns Marc Pfister/Karin Augsburger Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE Public Conference “Putting the Territorial Agenda 2030 into practice” 06.05.2021 Partners: Priorities: • Switzerland (Lead) HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT: Better • Germany ecological livelihoods and • Austria climate-neutral and resilient • Slovenia towns • Norway • Alpine Convention FUNCTIONAL REGIONS: Local and • European Commission regional development, less • Alpine Town of the Year inequality between places Association • Selected Alpine Towns Public Conference “Putting the Territorial Agenda 2030 into practice” 06.05.2021 Context Public Conference “Putting the Territorial Agenda 2030 into practice” 06.05.2021 Our Goals: • Learn, connect, communicate and implement the TA2030 • Unlock new potential & new development paths in towns • Show potential of low-threshold climate action in spatial planning • Support the voice of civil society to develop “just” solutions for climate action in spatial planning • Create best-practices, lessons learned and knowledge that is applicable in all places • Make use of a strong multilevel-cooperation network: Towns in and outside of the Alps, our TA2030 partners and the Alpine Convention Public Conference “Putting the Territorial Agenda 2030 into practice” 06.05.2021 Result 1: 9 local climate actions in the Alps Sonthofen Villach Annecy Tolmin Brig-Glis Belluno Trento Idrija Chambéry Public Conference “Putting the Territorial Agenda 2030 into practice” 06.05.2021 Result 2: Scenarios for Alpine towns Current State Future Perspectives • Scientific analysis in the Alpine • Scenarios for the future: E.g. green city, Convention framework just city and other topics • Provides background • Can serve as planning tool to arrange an knowledge urban development strategy • Come with a toolbox for implementation Public Conference “Putting the Territorial Agenda 2030 into practice” 06.05.2021 Outlook: • 18 June 2021: Peer learning workshop on best practice for climate action in urban planning. Online, open to all! • Autumn 2021: Workshops for scenario development • Summer 2022: First results available from the scientific report • Autumn 2022: Project end – results and experience from the local actions -> Contact for further information: [email protected] Public Conference “Putting the Territorial Agenda 2030 into practice” 06.05.2021.