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Switzerland

Solar-powered plane soars above Switzerland
Reuters | 07 Apr 2010
PAYERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A solar-powered airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel or emissions successfully made its first test flight above the Swiss countryside on Wednesday.

Alpine climate campaign enlists iPhone
BBC World Service | 30 Sep 2009
In the Swiss Alps, local authorities have enlisted the help of the iPhone to show hikers how climate change is already causing destruction in a site of great natural beauty and value.

Switzerland | Climate and Atmosphere | Climate Change | New Technologies

Economic slump may limit moves on clean energy
International Herald Tribune | 25 Nov 2008
From Italy to China, a poor global economy and plunging prices of coal and oil are upending plans to wean businesses and consumers from fossil fuel.

Credit Suisse goes carbon neutral
Environmental Finance | 26 May 2006
Swiss bank Credit Suisse has announced that it is to make its domestic banking operations carbon neutral.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Switzerland

Swiss ski resort tries to cover up climate change
Reuters | 20 Mar 2006
Global warming may be the last thing on the minds of extreme skiers speeding down the blustery cliff faces at Verbier-4 Vallees this winter.

Swiss glaciers retreat again in 2005, study shows
Reuters | 09 Feb 2006
Glaciers in Switzerland again retreated last year, a study showed on Wednesday, in a sign global warming is taking its toll on one of the country's scenic features.

Swiss Insurers Raise Alpine Flood Damage Estimate
Planet Ark | 30 Sep 2005
Severe flooding in the Alps has caused 2.6 billion Swiss francs ($2 billion) in damages, more than earlier thought, Swiss insurers said on Wednesday, making it the country's second most costly natural catastrophe on record.

Switzerland turns power importer after dry winter
Reuters | 06 Sep 2005
Switzerland, usually a power exporter, became a net importer of electricity in the first half of 2005 after water levels in its Alpine reservoirs sank to seven-year lows in the spring, official data showed.

Fuel surcharge to be introduced from October
Swiss Info | 31 Aug 2005
A tax of 1.5 centimes will be levied on every litre of petrol and diesel sold in Switzerland from October 1, with the aim of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

CO2 tax needed to meet Kyoto target
Swiss Info | 16 Jun 2005
Switzerland will not meet its commitments under the Kyoto protocol to reduce greenhouse gases unless it takes further action.

Policy | Switzerland

Plans to wrap Swiss glacier with insulating foam fails to address climate change
WWF International | 24 Mar 2005
Plans to wrap one of Switzerlands shrinking Alpine glaciers with insulating foam only deals with the implications of global warming and more importantly fails to address the causes of climate change, warns WWF.

Energy Efficiency | Renewable Energy | New Technologies | Carbon Storage | Switzerland

Earthscan re-launches Climate Policy Journal
Earthscan | 09 Feb 2005
Climate Policy presents a wide range of refereed research and analysis that address the broad spectrum of policy issues raised by the prospect of changes in the global climate. It addresses both the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change. It also provides a forum for the communication of r

EU emissions trading scheme undermined by excess allowances to industry
WWF International | 24 Dec 2004
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme starting 1 January 2005 marks a key phase in the EUs implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.

Italy calls to end Kyoto limits
Swiss Info | 16 Dec 2004
Italy has called for an end to the Kyoto Protocol after the environmental treaty's initial period in2012, preferring voluntary agreements that would entice the United States, China and India to tackle climate change.

Europe seeks new accords with US on global warming
Bloomberg | 16 Dec 2004
The European Union is seeking new agreements with the U.S. to slow climate change without relying on the Kyoto Protocol, a 123-nation accord President George W. Bush withdrew from almost three years ago.

Europe leads talks on combating global warming
Scotsman | 10 Dec 2004
European participants at a UN global climate conference in Argentina are leading discussions on ways to cut greenhouse emissions after 2012, looking beyond the time frame laid out to curb global warming set by the Kyoto Protocol.

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