Emissions reduction

Swiss climate scientist: CO2 removal is tricky but essential

This content was published on Jun 11, 2025 Initiatives to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air are faltering – not because they don’t work, but because we fail to see opportunities and lack vision, says Swiss climate scientist Cyril Brunner.

Cassis: "almost a miracle" that Blatten was only one of the missing

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Swiss minister highlights Blatten ‘miracle’ at disaster reduction meeting

This content was published on Jun 4, 2025 The fact that only one person is missing after the huge glacier collapse that engulfed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten last week is "almost a miracle", according to Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis.

Climate adaptation

The seven worst landslides in Swiss history

This content was published on Jun 2, 2025 A photo essay looking at some of the biggest landslide disasters in Swiss history.

Climeworks faces a less friendly atmosphere in the US

Emissions reduction

Swiss CO₂ removal firm Climeworks to downsize

This content was published on May 15, 2025 Swiss start-up that specialises in CO₂ removal from the atmosphere is threatened with large-scale lay-offs.

Afternoon sunrays over the Granite Mountains, Wyoming, USA. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Jon G. Fuller / VWPics)

Climate solutions

Is playing with the sun to fight climate change worth the risk?

This content was published on May 10, 2025 Reflecting the sun’s rays back to space to prevent climate change, known as solar geoengineering, is as controversial as it is intriguing.

The start-up Sun-Ways has installed solar panels between the rails of a railway line near Buttes, canton Neuchâtel. in western Switzerland.

Climate solutions

Switzerland turns train tracks into solar power plants

This content was published on Apr 29, 2025 A Swiss start-up’s system to quickly install and remove solar panels between train tracks is now being tested.

The increased frequency and intensity of droughts due to climate change are reducing agricultural yields

Climate solutions

Agriculture shifts from climate-change culprit to victim in new lawsuit

This content was published on Apr 28, 2025 A lawsuit in Switzerland could prompt farmers around the world to sue their governments for climate inaction. 

Climate solutions

‘To meet our carbon removal target by 2050, we need 1,000 large plants!’

This content was published on Apr 26, 2025 Swiss start-up Climeworks aims to remove 2.5% of the world's CO2 per year by 2050.

Photo of a woman in a recycling centre with safety helmet and high-visibility vest

Swiss position

Truth or tale: does Switzerland send its unusable old cars to Africa?

This content was published on Apr 9, 2025 A reader asked if it was true that Switzerland sends large waste items, such as unusable old cars, to countries in Africa. We went in search of an answer.

Climate solutions

‘Our biggest challenge is to meet the demand for sustainable fuels’

This content was published on Mar 29, 2025 New regulations are pushing airline carriers to gradually ditch oil for cleaner fuels. Synhelion, a Swiss start-up, is turning sunlight into fuel.

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