Paula Dupraz-Dobias is an award-winning Geneva-based journalist covering environment, business, international organizations, humanitarian crises and Latin America.
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Emissions reduction
What the US pullback means for Switzerland’s climate priorities
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For Switzerland, the absence of the United States has strengthened its stance on climate finance but limited progress toward phasing out fossil fuels.
How a global plan to preserve forests launched a carbon offset debate
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The journey of a UN-backed scheme to prevent deforestation through carbon offsets exposes the challenges of influencing climate-related practices from afar.
Drug trade and land grabs threaten Amazon communities on climate front lines
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Drug trafficking, violence and weak state support overshadow Peru’s Amarakaeri reserve, where Indigenous communities are struggling to protect forests.
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Multi-resort ski passes are keeping skiers on the slopes. But more investment is necessary for Swiss resorts to remain sustainable.
Azeri fossil-fuel cash cow brings controversy to Switzerland
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Socar, Azerbaijan’s state energy company, is a key source of public funding for the country. It also relies heavily on business in Switzerland, where it has not escaped scrutiny.
The mysterious Swiss fixer behind the operations of Azerbaijan’s presidential family
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A Swiss-French businessman has played a central role in setting up shadow companies for Azerbaijan’s ruling elite. We tried to track him down in Switzerland.
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Geneva is reviewing its historical links to colonialism. But a new exhibition shows that some of the most offensive expansionist behaviour came from humanitarian icons.
Where the world – and Switzerland – stands on carbon offsets after COP28
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Switzerland has doubled down on its strategy to offset its emissions abroad. But after the latest round of UN climate talks, questions remain.
Explainer: the World Meteorological Organization at the heart of the climate crisis
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The World World Meteorological Organization is increasingly in the news. SWI swissinfo.ch looks at what this UN body does and why it matters.
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A referendum in November 2023 may offer Puerto Ricans the choice of statehood, independence or a “free association” with the US.
![The four-metre-long painting "Sonntag der Bergbauern" [Sunday of the Mountain Farmers, 1923-24/26] had to be removed by a crane from the German Chancellery in Berlin for the exhibition in Bern.](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2025/12/01_Pressebild_KirchnerxKirchner.jpg?crop=1165px,0px,1670px,1670px&w=480&ver=bb19e376)
