Emissions reduction

Trees cool cities better than previously assumed

Study: trees have major cooling effect even in extreme heat

This content was published on Jun 23, 2025 Plane trees in cities have an important cooling effect even in extreme heat, according to a new study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL).

BKW drops project for Alpine solar power plant

Alpine solar power project abandoned after opposition

This content was published on Jun 20, 2025 Swiss energy provider BKW Group abandons planned photovoltaic energy plant, partly due to opposition from environmentalists.

Switzerland and Norway want to push ahead with CO2 storage together

Switzerland and Norway sign CO2 storage deal

This content was published on Jun 18, 2025 Switzerland and Norway have signed a bilateral agreement for the future storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) under the North Sea.

Solar panels on the Muttsee dam in the Glarus Alps, August 2021.

Five unusual places to install solar panels in Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 15, 2025 Solar energy is essential for achieving a zero-emission society. But where to produce it in large quantities? Here are the most curious and promising Swiss ideas.

A view on June 6 of the millions of tonnes of rock, ice and other debris that engulfed the mountain village of Blatten in the Lötschental valley after a local glacier collapsed on May 28.

The devastating glacier collapse in Blatten: what next?

This content was published on Jun 13, 2025 Two weeks after a landslide wiped out most of the Alpine village of Blatten, talk of reconstruction is picking up, but huge challenges remain.

Opinion

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

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.

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

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)

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.