Emissions reduction

Species extinction: how Switzerland is working for global biodiversity

Helvetas is bringing the issue of species protection in North Macedonia to the attention of government ministries and the local population.

This content was published on Jan 11, 2025 What is Switzerland doing to preserve biodiversity in the Global South?

Climate solutions

Are we helpless in the face of climate change?

This content was published on Jan 7, 2025 Geneva 2050 Today plans to help all organisations reach their climate goals. SWI attended the meetings to learn just what this would look like.

China has become a solar power giant. Aerial view of the Datong Panda Power Plant in Datong, Shanxi Province of China,

Climate solutions

China’s solar dominance will ‘push countries to adopt clean technologies’

This content was published on Dec 4, 2024 Swiss solar expert Christophe Ballif on the serious challenges – and opportunities – of China’s supremacy, and why Switzerland’s niche solar sector still has a bright future.

Coal-fired power plant in Lünen, Germany.

Climate solutions

Why Switzerland is diverging from Europe on a key energy treaty

This content was published on Jul 18, 2024 The EU will withdraw from the ECT, a treaty that protects investments in coal and oil. Why is Switzerland going its own way, and what could happen next?

Data centres are the beating heart of the digital infrastructure.

Climate solutions

A Swiss label wants to make data centres greener

This content was published on Jul 16, 2024 Every time we book a hotel online, stream a movie or make a video call, data centres worldwide consume a lot of energy and water. A label launched in Switzerland wants to reduce the centres' energy impact.

Climate adaptation

Swiss gravity battery contributes to China’s energy transition

This content was published on Apr 25, 2024 How can excess electricity produced by the sun and wind be prevented from being lost? A gravity battery developed in Switzerland stores renewable energy in heavy blocks of material.

A speaker's desk in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, in Strasbourg, France, on October

‘Governments need to address the climate crisis, not the courts’

This content was published on Apr 22, 2024 Legislative bodies in Europe should pay close attention to the historic verdict of the ECHR against Switzerland, says an expert.

Landmark ruling: Switzerland’s climate policy violates human rights

This content was published on Apr 9, 2024 The European Court of Human Rights says the Swiss authorities are responsible for not implementing efficient climate change policies and for violating the right to life of a group of elderly women.

‘I hope the voluntary carbon offset market will come to an end’

This content was published on Dec 7, 2023 It's an illusion that the carbon offset market can help solve the climate crisis, argues Carsten Warnecke, the co-founder of the NewClimate Institute.

un disco parabolico installato davanti a degli edifici

‘Artificial tree’ from Switzerland to produce green hydrogen

This content was published on Dec 5, 2023 The solar reactor developed in Switzerland promises to overcome two of the main problems hindering the development of renewable hydrogen.

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