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Climate strikes restart after Covid-19 outbreak

Young people at a climate strike in Basel

This content was published on Sep 4, 2020 Climate strikes are being held in 18 Swiss towns and cities on Friday – the first since the coronavirus pandemic broke out.

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Government exempts high-emission cars from Swiss climate goals

This content was published on Aug 30, 2020 The Swiss government is easing the pressure on the automotive industry to reduce CO2 emissions, reports Le Matin Dimanche.

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Switzerland to substantially boost funding of Green Climate Fund

This content was published on Aug 19, 2020 Switzerland will commit $150 million (approx. CHF135 million) to the fund aimed at helping developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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How Swiss cities are beating the heat

This content was published on Aug 15, 2020 Why is it so much hotter in urban areas than in the countryside, and what are Swiss cities doing to tackle these “heat islands”?

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A dam that produces solar energy

This content was published on Aug 14, 2020 The wall of the Albigna dam in Graubünden, south-east Switzerland, will be partly covered with solar panels. Another in Val Bregaglia will be the first large-scale high-altitude solar power plant in the Alps. Built sixty years ago, the Albigna dam will soon begin to produce solar energy as well. In recent weeks, over 1,200 photovoltaic…

Steffen next to Swiss President Leuthard

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Leading Swiss climate researcher dies in Greenland accident

This content was published on Aug 11, 2020 Konrad Steffen, a prominent Swiss researcher on climate change, has died in an accident in Greenland.

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Plastic pollution happens in the laundry, too

This content was published on Aug 6, 2020 The biggest sources of microplastic pollution in Swiss waters are car tyres, plastic films and other products used in construction and agriculture. But plastic is also released in the environment every time a synthetic textile is washed.

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How CO₂ from Swiss rubbish could end up beneath the North Sea

This content was published on Jul 29, 2020 Waste incineration plants in Switzerland plan to capture the carbon dioxide coming out of their chimneys and store it at the bottom of the ocean.

Indigenous chiefs and elders lead thousands of people on a protest in Canada.

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Activists applaud Zurich Insurance’s move to end cover for Trans Mountain pipeline

This content was published on Jul 23, 2020 Campaigners have welcomed the decision by Zurich Insurance not to renew cover for the Canadian government’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline.

Floating barges with solar panels are pictured on the Lac des Toules

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‘Courageous’ push could create 14,000 solar power jobs

This content was published on Jul 10, 2020 Around 14,000 additional jobs could be created in the Swiss solar power sector if there is a post-Covid push, a new study claims.

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