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Resort learns to manage climate catastrophes

This content was published on Jun 13, 2007 No one doubts that the natural beauty of the Alps is the Swiss tourist industry’s main draw card, but nature can turn ugly – as it did in August 2005 when flooding cut Engelberg off from the rest of the world. Nearly two years later, road crews are still repairing the road above a reinforced…

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Swiss back Geneva disaster coordination role

This content was published on Jun 5, 2007 Swiss Secretary of State Michael Ambühl made his comments on Tuesday at the launch of the United Nations-sponsored Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva. “It’s important that investment in reducing disaster risk becomes a coordinated, long-term priority in development work,” the senior Swiss diplomat told 600 delegates at the meeting. “In the future…

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Ivory takes centre stage at species meeting

This content was published on Jun 3, 2007 The official position comes ahead of a major international conference on species protection at The Hague in the Netherlands, which started on Sunday. A total of 171 countries are attending the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), which is held every three years. The agreement, of which Switzerland…

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Concern grows over threatened biodiversity

This content was published on May 22, 2007 Two non-governmental organisations, WWF Switzerland and Pro Natura, believe that it is high time that the Swiss government acts to preserve biodiversity. Pro Natura’s Urs Tester told swissinfo that the number of endangered plants, birds, fish and other animals in Switzerland was simply astonishing. “About half of the country’s flora and fauna are endangered or…

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Alpine resorts could feel the summer heat

This content was published on May 21, 2007 Higher temperatures could mean more natural disasters and changes to the landscape, but could also bring in more tourists as well, say experts. But how will Swiss resorts react? Although it is widely thought that some low-lying alpine resorts may go out of business as the snowline rises in winter, the consequences of global warming…

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Swiss hail Security Council stance on climate

This content was published on Apr 18, 2007 The Swiss ambassador to the UN in New York, Peter Maurer, welcomed the move and called on the council to take into account the needs of the environment when taking future decisions. “This is a groundbreaking day in the history of the Security Council, the first time ever that we will debate climate change as…

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Worst-case scenarios are good for the climate

This content was published on Apr 11, 2007 The comments from the two experts at Zurich University come as the second IPCC report on climate change, published on April 6, details the impact global warming will have on human populations. The rapid melting of Switzerland’s glaciers over the past few years has been a powerful – and very visual – symbol of global…

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Bern’s bears set to get a new home

This content was published on Mar 31, 2007 For years animal rights campaigners and visitors have been complaining about the small pits in which the bears are currently housed. The city now wants to move them to a specially made bear park. Earlier this week the Bern cantonal parliament approved a credit of SFr2.75 million ($2.25 million) for the SFr9.7 million project. The…

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Greenhouse gas makes its presence felt

This content was published on Mar 28, 2007 Thanks to new technology, they have been able to track the spread of the compounds as far away as Australia. The Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps. At about 3,500 metres above sea level you would expect the air to be fresh and clean. But a measurement station perched on the ridge shows that the air…

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