Climate adaptation

Switzerland more exposed to climate change than expected

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 The climate in Switzerland is becoming hotter, drier and more unpredictable. These are the findings of new Swiss climate scenarios. Temperatures in Switzerland could rise even more than predicted.

Climate change consequences: Skiers in Engelberg on January 7, 2023. The so-called zero-degree limit, where rain turns to snow, has risen by several hundred metres since the early 20th century and is projected to climb another 550 metres by the end of the century, to around 1,450 metres in winter.

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Switzerland braces for more heatwaves, droughts and violent storms

This content was published on Nov 4, 2025 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.

Cop30: Switzerland commits to ambitious climate targets

Climate adaptation

Switzerland optimistic about COP30 climate meeting

This content was published on Nov 2, 2025 Switzerland aims for ambitious climate targets at COP30 and urges global action.

Climate solutions

The effects of 1.5°C global warming in Switzerland and beyond

This content was published on Oct 30, 2025 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?

Harvesting coffee in Alfenas, Brazil, in July. The country is the world’s largest coffee producer.

Agribusiness

Coffee production may be imperiled as forests are destroyed for more crops

This content was published on Oct 24, 2025 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.

Emissions reduction

Climate experts in Switzerland: 1.5°C target is out of reach

This content was published on Oct 24, 2025 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.

Emissions reduction

Swissinfo climate scientist survey 2025

This content was published on Oct 23, 2025 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.

Baume-Schneider warns of inevitable glacier collapse

Top Swiss politician warns of ‘inevitable’ glacier collapse

This content was published on Oct 20, 2025 The melting permafrost will inevitably lead to more glaciers collapsing and more rocks falling, Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider told the UN in Geneva.

Europe's tallest urban edible forest in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Climate adaptation

Swiss town unveils Europe’s tallest urban edible forest

This content was published on Oct 19, 2025 La Chaux-de-Fonds in western Switzerland inaugurated Europe's tallest urban edible forest with the planting of a small-leaf lime tree on Saturday.

Climate adaptation

Sushi rice instead of potatoes? Swiss agriculture adapts to climate change

This content was published on Oct 17, 2025 In Switzerland farmers are experimenting with new crops that can withstand heat and drought. But the transition has its challenges.

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