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Alternative Davos ends to mixed reviews

This content was published on Feb 2, 2009 The gathering, billed as an alternative to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum that took place at the same time in the Swiss resort of Davos, finished on Sunday. “This meeting was of an unparalleled quality,” delegation member Sergio Ferrari, from the non-governmental E-Changer, told swissinfo. However, the organisation was somewhat patchy, which…

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Indigenous peoples make their protest in Belém

This content was published on Jan 29, 2009 At the same time, members of the Swiss delegation have been looking at the fate of Amazon rainforests, an issue that is high on the agenda of the conference. “I have come to advance the cause of women and to defend nature,” said Feliciana, an old Peruvian lady, resplendent in traditional costume. She and many…

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Data reveal global glacier melt

This content was published on Jan 29, 2009 Provisional data from more than 80 glaciers confirm a global trend of rapid ice loss since 1980, according to a study by Zurich University’s World Glacier Monitoring Service. Figures for 2007 published on Thursday indicate glaciers were losing an average ice thickness of 0.67 metre water equivalent (mwe). One mwe corresponds to 1.1 metres in…

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Study warns climate change is “irreversible”

This content was published on Jan 27, 2009 The study by a team of United States-Swiss-French researchers comes as President Barack Obama announces a review of vehicle emission standards and promises global leadership on climate change as part of his new green agenda. “People think that if we start doing something about carbon emissions the problem will just go away… this is not…

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Looking for a better world in the Amazon

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 Billed as an alternative to the World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss resort of Davos, the WSF, which starts on January 27, will gather anti-globalisation campaigners and non-governmental organisations from around the world including a Swiss delegation. Belém is situated in northern Brazil. The organisers did not choose the “Cidade das Mangueiras” or city…

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Serving nature for a century

This content was published on Jan 23, 2009

Water set to be the “challenge of the century”

This content was published on Jan 23, 2009 This huge discrepancy has been highlighted at the Water for All exhibition at Zurich’s Bärengasse Museum, organised by the Swiss aid organisation, Helvetas. “Water for all is the challenge of the 21st century. We know that oil will be running out, but water is more important for life,” Beatrice Burgherr, the exhibition’s coordinator, told swissinfo.…

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A century of conservation brings new challenges

This content was published on Jan 22, 2009 The organisation, which started life in 1909 as the Swiss League for the Protection of Nature, said at a news conference in Bern on Thursday that it would continue to campaign on behalf of threatened species, landscape conservation and the preservation of natural treasures. The organisation was set up to create Switzerland’s first national park…

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Basel powers ahead on renewable energy

This content was published on Jan 21, 2009 The city government announced on Wednesday that it was making available more than SFr1.7 million ($1.5 million) to enable the local electricity supply company to buy CO2 emission certificates up to 2011, while continuing to expand its own green energy sources. The certificates are bought from producers of energy from renewable sources, in order to…

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Walking the tightrope of climate policy

This content was published on Jan 21, 2009 But behind the scenes, the negotiators depend on painstaking research carried out by specialists in a range of fields, such as those brought together by Switzerland’s National Centre of Competence in Research on Climate (NCCR Climate), based at Bern University. The university is hosting a three-day conference starting on Wednesday where experts from all over…

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