Unstable slopes and warming peaks: scientists race to understand Blatten collapse
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The collapse of the Birch Glacier that wiped out the Swiss village of Blatten has triggered an unprecedented scientific effort to understand how it happened – and what might come next.
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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Switzerland violated its citizens’ fundamental rights by not taking enough climate action. Do you think your right to a healthy environment is being respected?
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‘We cannot rely only on judges to drive the ecological transition’
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More people are turning to courts to push states and companies to do more for the climate. What’s been the result? We asked one of the world’s leading experts.
Glaciers of the world, local melting and global impacts
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From the Alps to the polar regions, glaciers around the world are retreating at an ever-increasing rate. What are the consequences for populations and ecosystems?
EU backslides on AI rules – what does it mean for Switzerland?
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The European Commission wants to delay implementing parts of its new Artificial Intelligence Act, giving big tech companies more time to harness citizens’ data. The move could also affect Switzerland, whose digital policies often follow Brussels’ lead.
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Around half of the Swiss population uses artificial intelligence (AI). But the new technology is also widening the digital divide in Switzerland, according to a survey.
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The Swiss AI model Apertus reproduces the biases already present in large commercial systems, showing how difficult it is to make AI truly fair.
Living within planetary limits: Zurich’s 2,000-watt experiment
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Zurich is home to a unique housing cooperative meant to model sustainable living. A decade on, some residents have found changing their habits to be more challenging than expected.
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.
Four Indonesian islanders take on Swiss cement giant Holcim
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A report from Pulau Pari, Indonesia, where four residents have vowed to fight a major Swiss company in one of the world’s most polluting industries.
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A gully has formed on the mountain above Brienz from which more rock is falling. Geologists expect the imminent collapse of the plateau above.
![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)
