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Executive Summary
Chapter 1: The European Alps: location, economy and climate
Chapter 2: Climate change impacts and adaptation in winter tourism
Chapter 3: Climate change adaptation and natural hazards management
References

In the news                                                            

•  Forum d'Avoriaz
  20/01/2007 - Dans l'édition régionale de France 3 (Rhône Alpes Auvergne), Shardul Agrawala, de la Direction de l'Environnement de l'OCDE, a exposé les chiffres délivrés par l’organisation, ce qui n’a pas manqué d’inquiéter les écologistes et les professionnels des stations de montagne car chaque année la neige s’y fait de plus rare.
  Copyright: www.france3.fr
• Snow Cannons against the Apocalypse - Der Spiegel
  03/01/2007 - According to a study published at the start of this winter's ski season by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), global warming could jeopardize as many as two-thirds of all ski areas in the Alps.
• Global Warming Poses Threat to Ski Resorts in the Alps - New York Times
  15/12/2006 - KITZBÜHEL, Austria - The O.E.C.D. study may focus minds. In Austria today, it says, 83 percent of ski resorts are “snow-reliable,” meaning they have enough snow for 100 days a season. If temperatures increased one degree Celsius, only 67 percent would have enough; if they rose two degrees, only half would.
• Europe's Endangered Slopes - Carol Matlack, BusinessWeek
  15/12/2006 - The snow is all but a no-show so far this season at many famed ski resorts. Global warming is forcing them to think more about golf and hiking.
• OECD warns on Alpine ski future - BBC News
  14/12/2006 - The OECD said sufficient snow may become a thing of the past on lower-lying slopes.
• OECD: Global warming could spell ruin for Alps - Edmund Conway, Daily Telegraph
  14/12/2006 - ...Shardul Agrawala of the OECD's environment directorate said: "The Alps accounts for a significant share of global tourism. There will be winners and losers from climate change. The resorts which lie at lower altitudes may lose out as their snow reliability falls, and they lose visitors, or have to invest more in snow-making. Then, the relative attractiveness of high altitude resorts increases."
• Ski resorts face uncertain future - Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian
  14/12/2006 - A report by the OECD yesterday heaped more bad news on Alpine ski resorts, which are already struggling against the warmest weather in 1,300 years, according to Austrian climatologists, with flowers still blooming on some slopes and world ski tournaments being cancelled through lack of snow.
• Climate change threatens ski resorts in Europe - Swissinfo
  13/12/2006 - An international report warns almost half of Switzerland's ski regions are facing a lack of snow as a result of global warming.
•  Global warming threatens German ski resorts (OECD zu Klimawandel)
  13 December 2006
  The OECD sees a difficult future for most ski resorts in Germany. In a new OECD report warns that climate change endangers winter tourism. Report includes interview with Shardul Agrawala, OECD's Environment Directorate.
  (Note: report only available in German)
  Copyright: www.tagesschau.de/
• European ski resorts fear melting profits
  13 December 2006
  A new OECD report says a critical lack of snow in Europe might be only the tip of the iceberg for its thawing slopes. Sam Eaton reports. Listen to interview with Shardul Agrawala, OECD's Environment Directorate.
  Copyright: www.marketplace.publicradio.org

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Additional Information   

• Wengen 2006 Workshop - Adaptation to the impacts of climate change in the European Alps (October 2006)
• Submission from Italy on Data for Alpine and Pre-Alpine Ski Stations, Ski Facilities, and Artificial Snowmaking
• Climate Change programmeOECD Climate Change programme
• OECD Environment Directorate homepage

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