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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’s solar dominance will ‘push countries to adopt clean technologies’
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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.
Why Switzerland is diverging from Europe on a key energy treaty
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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?
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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.
Swiss gravity battery contributes to China’s energy transition
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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.
‘Governments need to address the climate crisis, not the courts’
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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
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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’
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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.
‘Artificial tree’ from Switzerland to produce green hydrogen
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The solar reactor developed in Switzerland promises to overcome two of the main problems hindering the development of renewable hydrogen.
Once a hydrogen vehicle pioneer, Switzerland lags in the green fuel race
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Without a government strategy, the Alpine state risks being left out of European plans to capitalise on the development of hydrogen.
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