Emissions reduction

Are Western countries doing enough to tackle waste trafficking?

This content was published on Feb 25, 2025 The illegal trade in waste is a crime that even countries with strict waste regulations, such as Switzerland, struggle to prosecute effectively.

A surfer in Biarritz, France, December 2015. The AMOC is the current that is largely responsible for the warm climate in Europe.

Research frontiers

How a Swiss-US study challenges what we know about the Gulf Stream system

This content was published on Jan 30, 2025 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the system of currents vital to regulating the European climate, has not shown any sign of decline in the last 60 years, a new study shows.

Emissions reduction

Why Switzerland’s carbon footprint is bigger than you think

This content was published on Jan 23, 2025 Per capita CO2 emissions in Switzerland are lower than the world average. But the picture changes radically when you consider the emissions related to products imported from abroad.

Swiss AI

What’s the environmental cost of Switzerland’s new supercomputer?

This content was published on Jan 14, 2025 The computers driving the latest advances in AI guzzle huge amounts of energy – can Switzerland find a way to power its version sustainably?

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

Swiss diplomacy

Species extinction: how Switzerland is working for global biodiversity

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.

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.

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