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Nairobi talks agree to prepare Kyoto successor

This content was published on Nov 17, 2006 Delegates at the United Nations meeting in Kenya came up with a last minute agreement on Friday to begin preparations in 2008 on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The Nairobi conference pursued two processes launched in Montreal in December 2005 – the start of negotiations on the successor to Kyoto after 2012, and the…

Public slow to plug into renewable energy

This content was published on Nov 17, 2006 At one point exhibitors outnumbered visitors – and all this in the country’s green capital Lausanne, winner of a European gold medal in 2005 for its pioneering sustainable energy policies. “We cover 66 per cent of the city’s energy needs with renewable energy, but most people don’t realise this at all,” admitted Jürg Stierli from…

Swiss funds to soften harsh Hungarian reality

This content was published on Nov 17, 2006 Swiss financial support to Hungary – as part of efforts to help the ten new European Union members adapt to western standards – could be used for infrastructure, environmental protection and regional projects. Seventeen years after the end of the Cold War, Budapest looks like any other western city, at least at first glance. Production…

Swissmem makes up with business federation

This content was published on Nov 17, 2006 Swissmem, which represents the engineering industry, said on Friday that it would remain part of the influential lobbying body provided promised reforms are carried out. In May, Swissmem said it would leave economiesuisse by the end of this year following a row over the amount of money it pays as a member, coupled with a…

Rival bourse must learn lessons of past

This content was published on Nov 16, 2006 The two banks are part of a consortium that plans to launch a new trading platform in London. They were also behind the now defunct Tradepoint exchange that failed to make an impact in the 1990s. The aim is to take advantage of new European Union regulations liberalising financial markets next year by setting up…

No big breakthroughs expected at climate talks

This content was published on Nov 16, 2006 Delegates at the United Nations meeting are preparing to pack their bags after two weeks of intense discussions that end on Friday. The Nairobi meeting has pursued two processes launched in Montreal in December 2005 – the start of negotiations on the successor to the Kyoto Protocol after 2012, and the so-called dialogue aimed at…

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Sulzer wins contract for Siberian oil pipeline

This content was published on Nov 16, 2006 The deal, worth around SFr50 million ($40 million), is part of a major infrastructure project transporting crude oil from eastern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean. The order includes main pipeline, vertical booster and vertical loading pumps, according to a company statement. Leeds-based Sulzer Pumps UK, the British subsidiary, is in charge of the project to…

Campaigners call time on binge drinking

This content was published on Nov 16, 2006 According to the Institute for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addiction, 930,000 Swiss – one in eight – overindulge at least twice a month. The institute says it classes binge drinking as five glasses for a man and four for a woman. A glass is defined as 300ml of beer, 100ml of wine and…

Leuenberger looks at climate change realities

This content was published on Nov 14, 2006 Leuenberger also met his Kenyan counterpart Emilio Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday to sign a joint investment protection agreement and was entertained by school children during a visit to a Nairobi slum district. The Swiss president is representing Switzerland at the United Nations post-Kyoto talks on climate change in Nairobi and is due to give a…

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