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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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‘Flexibility is key’ in the race to deliver aid after Hurricane Melissa
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The Red Cross’s approach to hurricanes like Melissa focuses on faster action, local partnerships and forecast-based relief.
Switzerland braces for more heatwaves, droughts and violent storms
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Switzerland is heading for a future that is hotter, drier and more unpredictable, with less snow and heavier rainfall, according to a new climate report.
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The Swiss city of Zurich is implementing a net-zero neighbourhood in the Binz and Alt-Wiedikon area where residents and businesses can test new climate-friendly approaches.
Switzerland’s climate researchers reveal the emotional side of science
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Climate change not only has visible effects on ecosystems and human activities. It also has an emotional and psychological impact on those who study it.
The effects of 1.5°C global warming in Switzerland and beyond
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The goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is out of reach. What are the possible consequences for life on Earth?
Major new initiative aims to bring AI to cancer treatment in Switzerland
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Despite the buzz around AI in medicine, cancer patients in Switzerland rarely encounter it. A national project aims to change this.
Switzerland aspires to build ‘human’ artificial intelligence
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Swiss developers aim to overtake global competitors in the race to develop an AI that can ‘think’ like humans. How close is it to the goal?
Swiss concerned by electricity consumption of data centres and AI
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A survey shows that Swiss citizens are increasingly concerned by the expected growth in electricity consumption linked to data centres and artificial intelligence (AI).
Coffee production may be imperiled as forests are destroyed for more crops
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A new report by an industry watchdog adds to growing scientific consensus that as forests are felled to make way for coffee farms, rainfall decreases and crops are more likely to fail.
Climate experts in Switzerland: 1.5°C target is out of reach
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Ten years after the Paris Agreement, a survey of Swiss climate scientists shows they no longer expect the world to limit warming to 1.5°C.
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Swissinfo asked scientists in Switzerland 22 questions focused around the state of climate research, policy and global warming 10 years after the Paris Agreement. Here are all the results.
