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Climate issues unresolved despite Bangkok talks

This content was published on Oct 9, 2009 Negotiations on the topics, both of which are crucial to reaching a global warming pact, have been deadlocked for months. In a statement released on Friday, Switzerland’s Federal Environment Office said “considerable differences” between states remained. It nevertheless characterised the negotiations as “significant progress”. Delegates in Bangkok raised doubts over whether a new climate agreement…

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Switzerland basks in record warmth

This content was published on Oct 7, 2009 The mercury from Payerne to Scuol, at opposite ends of the country, ranged from 27 degrees Celsius (80.6˚F) to 27.7 Celsius. Chur in canton Graubünden heated up to 28.4 Celsius, the warmest in the country. Even mountain towns enjoyed a blast of heat. At 1,500m in Valais temperatures climbed to 23.3 degrees. At 1,300m in…

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Drop in milk price lowers agriculture income

This content was published on Oct 5, 2009 The sliding milk price was the “main cause” for the projected SFr235 million ($227 million) in income that will be lost from the sector in 2009 compared with 2008, according to initial estimates by the Federal Statistics Office. The cost price of milk has fallen on average by around 13 per cent in one year.…

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Futuristic eco-hut opens doors above Zermatt

This content was published on Oct 2, 2009 But what looks like a futuristic alpine space station is actually the new hi-tech environmentally friendly Monte Rosa mountain refuge, designed to obtain 90 per cent of its power needs from the sun. Launched in 2003 as a project of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) to mark the 150th anniversary of Zurich’s Federal Institute of…

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Experts get down to snowbusiness

This content was published on Oct 2, 2009 These are just some of the topics being investigated at the International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW), being held for the first time in Europe in the mountain resort of Davos. More than 500 snow professionals have been gathering for the five-day meeting, which ends on Friday. It is reputed to be the foremost forum of…

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Experts link climate change and human rights

This content was published on Sep 29, 2009 Micheline Calmy-Rey made the remark on Monday at a Geneva conference on links between climate change and human rights, and their integration into the crucial United Nations Climate Conference negotiations in the Danish capital in December. By directly affecting people’s living conditions, global warming has direct consequences on human rights, the foreign minister commented. “Climate…

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Autumn

This content was published on Sep 28, 2009 A series of images from the four corners of Switzerland which capture the essence of autumn – a moment in time caught between the departing summer and approaching winter.

Have you Binn there?

This content was published on Sep 25, 2009 And hear from one man who has been to and lived in many places in the world, but now makes Binn his home. Their valley could soon be put on the map since it is a candidate to become a park of national importance. (Dale Bechtel, swissinfo.ch)

Climate change energy – detail right

This content was published on Sep 23, 2009

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Links – Not used?

This content was published on Sep 23, 2009

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