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New network to improve climate coordination

This content was published on Nov 16, 2015 The government's new National Centre for Climate Services responds to the challenges and risks of an overheating planet.

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Sorting waste at RESAG-Recycling

This content was published on Nov 5, 2015

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‘Carbon bubble’ threatens Swiss markets

This content was published on Oct 30, 2015 The first study of its kind, carried out on behalf of the Federal Office for the Environment, revealed on Friday how the Swiss stock market currently finances the equivalent of 52.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide abroad – the entire amount of CO2 emitted by Switzerland in 2013. The study looked at 80% of the…

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Two insecticides found to harm honey bee queens

This content was published on Oct 14, 2015 Throughout the northern hemisphere beekeepers have been struggling to maintain adequate numbers of honey bee colonies for crop pollination and honey production due to dramatic increases in colony deaths each year. “Alongside introduced parasites, it is believed that agricultural chemicals may play a role in these issues,” says lead author Geoffrey Williams of the University…

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Solar plants in the countryside

This content was published on Oct 13, 2015

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How to get heat from the bottom of a lake

This content was published on Oct 7, 2015 Switzerland’s biggest lakes have a high potential for heating and cooling buildings, thus saving energy.

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Swiss miss out on chance to lead climate panel

This content was published on Oct 6, 2015 Stocker was among six candidates vying for the top position at the IPCC. The election to the world’s pre-eminent climate body at the IPCC annual plenary meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia was far from straightforward. No candidate was able to get a simple majority in the first round of voting. A second ballot featuring the two…

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Competing to be the best twitcher

This content was published on Oct 3, 2015 The most successful team this year racked up 134 different birds, but it could not crack the record of 137. The 25 teams of bird watchers spent a day travelling dozens of kilometres, spotting and recording the rarest as well as the more common birds in Switzerland. Excitement and thrills are part and parcel of…

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Invasive plant species all over the internet

This content was published on Oct 2, 2015 Researchers in Zurich have discovered that the sale of invasive plant species over the internet is much more widespread than previously thought.

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Swiss candidate says his ‘chances are intact’ to lead top climate panel

This content was published on Sep 28, 2015 His global publicity tour has already taken him to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, China, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, the Maldives, Pakistan, India and Thailand – and the list goes on. During his campaign, Stocker has actually visited 30 countries and contacted ten by phone. Eloquent, dynamic, ambitious, Thomas Stocker remains calm…

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