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“Vital climate decisions must not be delayed”

This content was published on Feb 22, 2010 The former vice-president of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and now professor at Geneva University, says 2010 is a pivotal year and climate decisions must not be put off. Beniston is set to contribute a couple of chapters to the panel’s fifth report, expected in four years. But a steady drip of small…

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Swiss fund kindergarten for deaf in Mongolia

This content was published on Feb 4, 2010 In 2006 the first kindergarten for the deaf opened in the capital, Ulan Bator, thanks mainly to the Swiss, Hans Jutzi. After emigrating to Mongolia in 2001, with the intention of staying, Jutzi and his wife, Friedi, had to return to Switzerland unexpectedly only a year later. They had been touched by the plight of…

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A long road of ice

This content was published on Jan 22, 2010

Swiss launch plans for Year of Biodiversity

This content was published on Jan 12, 2010 Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger, who was present to mark the official campaign opening along with leading experts and environmental non-governmental organisations, has pointed to the importance of biodiversity both ethically and economically. “The conservation of biodiversity is of central importance for Switzerland’s sustainable development, because it not only guarantees an ecological balance but also prosperity…

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Selling the idea of fair trade

This content was published on Jan 11, 2010 With each Swiss spending on average SFr32.75 ($31.9) per year on such items, they are way ahead of their nearest rivals, the British, who spend the equivalent of SFr18 and the Danes, who spend SFr11.30. The fair trade movement aims to help small producers in developing countries to achieve economic self-sufficiency, giving them better market…

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Airport body scanners divide Swiss

This content was published on Jan 3, 2010 The Swiss aviation authority says the scanners would be a useful security tool, but the defence minister has ruled them out. Dutch authorities say 15 of the machines will be in use at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport within three weeks for passengers travelling to the United States. Nigeria and Britain also plan to introduce the scanners…

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Souffia named Fish of the Year

This content was published on Jan 2, 2010 The Swiss Fishing Association said it wanted to draw attention during the Year of Biodiversity to the struggle for animal survival and the depletion of fish stocks. The small, thin fish is “unknown, underestimated and threatened”, according to the association, which added fishers were barely aware of the species and that few souffias have ever…

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Magic lights

This content was published on Dec 21, 2009 For the past nine years in December, trees in the centre of Geneva have been clad in lights, colours, music, painted or wrapped as Swiss and foreign artists turn them into works of art. (Picture editor: Salome Weber, swissinfo.ch)

“Chaotic drama” of Copenhagen roundly panned

This content was published on Dec 20, 2009 Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger, who already said the conference had not lived up to its billing, on Sunday personally criticised Denmark’s prime minister as “coarse”. In an interview with the SonntagsBlick newspaper, Leuenberger used a German expression to compare the organisational skills of Lars Rasmussen to those of a gauche Viking; he slammed the conference’s…

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Steady snow leads to road accidents

This content was published on Dec 19, 2009 Temperatures in the Swiss lowlands dropped below minus ten degrees Celsius, with many regions remaining cold throughout Saturday. Meteorologists expect lows to reach between minus ten and minus 15 degrees Celsius on Saturday night. The poor road conditions were blamed for about three dozen accidents with a span of several hours in canton Zurich. There…

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