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Smog casts cloud over Olympic preparations

This content was published on Aug 17, 2007 But factors including air pollution have raised concerns among the Swiss 12 months ahead of the opening ceremony. The head of the Swiss Olympic delegation, Werner Augsburger, was one of four Swiss representatives who took part in a series of meetings last week to prepare and discuss technical and logistical issues ahead of the Games.…

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Experts address world’s water needs

This content was published on Aug 17, 2007 Among the issues being discussed during World Water Week are climate change, access to safe drinking water, management of resources and sanitation. One of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. But according to a report published by…

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Iceman keeps his cool despite global warming

This content was published on Aug 3, 2007 swissinfo caught up with him at the Swiss Camp on Greenland’s west coast, where he measures variations in the island’s ice cap with his research team from Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). “Koni”, as Steffen is known, is a true lover of nature, especially the cold and the snow. Since 1975,…

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Swiss biodiversity faces climate challenge

This content was published on Jul 26, 2007 They also say that climate change is the biggest threat to the variety of life forms on the planet. A recent report commissioned by the Swiss government took a closer look at climate change scenarios between now and 2050. It concluded that one result of warmer temperatures would be the vegetation belt moving higher to…

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Investigating climate change

This content was published on Jul 16, 2007

Climate change – detail right

This content was published on Jul 16, 2007

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Are the Alps becoming unstuck?

This content was published on Jul 16, 2007 They are scrambling to learn more about the permanently frozen layer found at high altitudes in order to respond to threats to mountain villages and infrastructure. The tourist resort of Pontresina in southeastern Switzerland is protected by an embankment 13 metres high and 460 metres long. It cost SFr7 million ($5.77 million) to protect the…

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Performing ice-cold arctic calculations

This content was published on Jul 16, 2007 In both Greenland and the world’s northernmost settlement, it boils – or melts – down to the unknown consequences of the rapid shrinking of polar ice sheets and sea ice. It’s white as far as the eye can see. And deathly cold. At Greenland’s “Swiss Camp”, leading scientist Konrad Steffen uses his bare hands to…

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The downstream effects of climate change

This content was published on Jul 16, 2007 This will have a knock-on effect on water quality, farming techniques and fish stocks, and lead to tough competition for water resources between farmers, power companies, the eco-system, consumers and regions. In terms of overall quantities of water, compared with other countries, the situation in Switzerland is likely to remain favourable – “we won’t develop…

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Climate change is bad for your health

This content was published on Jul 16, 2007 According to “Climate Change and Switzerland 2050”, a report by the Advisory Body on Climate Change (OcCC), Switzerland faces a range of negative health impacts. They are both direct, such as the consequences of rising temperature and natural disasters, and indirect, such as increased incidence of diseases. On June 6, World Environment Day, the director-general…

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