Paula Dupraz-Dobias

Paula Dupraz-Dobias is an award-winning Geneva-based journalist covering environment, business, international organizations, humanitarian crises and Latin America.

T-bar lift in Vers l’Eglise, part of the Télé Villars Gryon Diablerets resort, at 1100 metres altitude, March 2025.

Climate solutions

Can Swiss ski resorts outrun climate change?

This content was published on May 2, 2025 Multi-resort ski passes are keeping skiers on the slopes. But more investment is necessary for Swiss resorts to remain sustainable.

An anti-war protest in Zurich two weeks after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 March 2022.

Swiss diplomacy

What’s behind Switzerland’s caution over unfreezing Russian assets to aid Ukraine?

This content was published on Apr 10, 2025 It's unlikely Switzerland will unlock the Russian assets it holds to fund the war in Ukraine anytime soon.

Global trade

UAE vs. Switzerland: rivalry or synergy in commodity trade?

This content was published on Mar 24, 2025 Dubai is rising as a commodities trading hub. What does it mean for Switzerland?

Climate solutions

What do new rules on carbon offsets mean for dealmaker Switzerland?

This content was published on Nov 26, 2024 Switzerland, which is highly reliant on carbon offsets, celebrated the agreement reached at COP29.

Socar has around 200 Socar petrol stations dotted throughout Switzerland.

Azeri fossil-fuel cash cow brings controversy to Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 17, 2024 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.

Foreign Affairs

The mysterious Swiss fixer behind the operations of Azerbaijan’s presidential family

This content was published on Nov 16, 2024 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.

The magazine "Africa explored and colonised", published in Geneva between 1879 and 1894, can also be consulted online at the site of the Swiss National Library.

International Geneva

Geneva’s early double standards on colonialism

This content was published on May 23, 2024 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.

COP 28 wrapped up with questions on offsets still in the balance.

Swiss Politics

Where the world – and Switzerland – stands on carbon offsets after COP28

This content was published on Jan 19, 2024 Switzerland has doubled down on its strategy to offset its emissions abroad. But after the latest round of UN climate talks, questions remain.

illustration: sport washing the world cup

International Geneva

Sportswashing the World Cup from Geneva

This three-part investigation shows the lengths to which Qatar went to whitewash its reputation and the role Geneva played in this marketing stunt.

Sultan al-Jaber talks during the World Government Summit in Dubai, in February 2023

Climate solutions

Offset scandals put Switzerland in the spotlight at COP28

This content was published on Nov 28, 2023 Switzerland heads to Dubai for COP28 with a new ambassador and a tweaked climate strategy.

Migrants queue to cross Mexican border into the United States

International Geneva

UN migration agency pivots back to the US

This content was published on Oct 5, 2023 The new head of the UN migration agency vows to shift how migration is perceived.

International Geneva

Is the time ripe for peace in Ukraine?

This content was published on Sep 22, 2023 Voices are speaking to move ahead with a peace plan in Ukraine. Are conditions on the ground met?

The UN headquarters in Baghdad after the attack

International Geneva

Baghdad UN bombing: 20 years on, aid workers face even more dangers

This content was published on Aug 18, 2023 The dangers faced by humanitarian aid workers have diversified and intensified in the past two decades.

International Geneva

Explainer: the World Meteorological Organization at the heart of the climate crisis

This content was published on Jul 24, 2023 The World World Meteorological Organization is increasingly in the news. SWI swissinfo.ch looks at what this UN body does and why it matters.

Democracy

Will Puerto Rico become a new US state in 2025?

This content was published on Jan 3, 2023 A referendum in November 2023 may offer Puerto Ricans the choice of statehood, independence or a “free association” with the US.

A hand reads pay calling for reparations for loss and damage at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit,

Climate solutions

Switzerland denounces COP27 outcome

This content was published on Nov 20, 2022 The climate conference ended on Sunday with an agreement to set up a 'loss and damage' fund for developing countries.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss pioneering carbon offsets on the stand at COP27

This content was published on Nov 19, 2022 As countries such as Switzerland, sign more and more offsetting deals with poorer countries, these are proving to be controversial and complex.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland’s measured support for new ‘loss and damage’ fund at COP27

This content was published on Nov 18, 2022 Switzerland argues many questions remain before the launch of a new loss and damages fund.

International Geneva

ICSS: Sports at the service of state security 

This content was published on Nov 10, 2022 From the start, the agenda of the International Centre for Sports Security was tainted by a lack of transparency and links to Qatar.