Adaptation and mitigation in the Stanzertal region
Climate change is a challenge especially for regions which depend heavily on tourism and therefore on natural resources. As impacts of climate change differ depending on the local context, municipalities play a key role in mitigating risks and exploiting opportunities that go along with these changes. At the same time, sustainability becomes increasingly important in touristic decision making. As a result, the effective implementation of measures in adaptation and mitigation of climate change is needed. Sustainability is a key concept to connect these two strategies and to exploit possible synergies.
Fresh Thoughts together with alpS supported the St. Anton tourism association in the process of increasing sustainability and resilience. This four-step approach implied building a scientific base, informing stakeholders, collecting basic information on mitigation and adaptation including potentials for future actions and developing measures in a participatory process.