The Greater Aletsch Glacier, a journey into the melting heart of the Alps
In the heart of Switzerland lies the largest glacier in the Alps, the Greater Aletsch Glacier. However, climate change is threatening its very existence.
Climate change, new risks and opportunities for businesses
Businesses should evaluate the risks and opportunities of climate change and its mitigation to ensure their long-term resilience and success.
Davos, what Greta Thunberg said at the World Economic Forum
What did Greta Thunberg tell participants at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos? Once again, the Swedish activist underlined the total lack of concrete solutions to the climate crisis presented by leaders so far.
Alpinism awarded Unesco Intangible Heritage status
Alpinism has officially been added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) list. Its candidacy had been jointly submitted by France, Italy and Switzerland.
The Freitag brothers. From truck tarps to biodegradable fabrics, thinking in cycles since 1993
It’s 1993 and Markus Freitag, an art school student in the Swiss city of Zurich, needs a waterproof bag to carry his paper worksheets – this is before the era of laptops. He lives near a freeway and many trucks, covered in robust tarpaulin, drive by. This material becomes the answer to his needs and he and
Espace Mont-Blanc to protect the one of Europe’s highest peaks
International cooperation pays off and the three countries involved in the great conservation effort around the Mont-Blanc area know it well. Italy, France and Switzerland started work collaboratively, founding the Espace Mont-Blanc in 1991. The idea originated in occasion of the celebration of the bicentennial of the first ascent of one of the highest peaks in Europe.
Quitting fossil fuels, shifting to renewables. Why Reykjavik, Padua and Zurich are linked
CDP report reveals the most virtuous cities in using renewable energies, whilst moving away from fossil fuels. Results are surprising.
Glaciers melt three times faster than last century
A rivelarlo è uno studio dell’università di Zurigo, che ha analizzato alcune centinaia di ghiacciai sparsi sul globo terrestre.
Roger Federer donates smiles and 50 schools to children in Malawi
Roger Federer is 34 and since 1998 – when he was 17 – is a professional tennis player. Thanks to his class, technique, tenacity, and his elegant and unique style he became one of the world’s most important tennis champions in history. Federer, from Basle, Switzerland, is one of those champions that when will decide
The Swiss dolce vita: Zurich and Geneva at the top
We are getting used to see Zurich and Geneva ranking at the top of the chart of most liveable cities in the world. This year too, the two cities, which were already listed in the past, along with Bern, among the examples of virtuous cities, proudly figures among the first ten cities, respectively ranking second and eighth in the survey published by