The FOEN hydrological measuring stations at the rivers Thur, Birs and Sitter have been awarded as Centennial Observing Stations by World Meteorological Organization. They serve as a reference for the assessing #climatechange. ow.ly/gKNl50P4OFn MeteoSchweiz ow.ly/1xui50P4OFA

Swiss timber harvest increased by 4% in 2022 #statistics ow.ly/yJ8N104OERZ

New #EUpolicy measures based on Empa research for boosting #circulareconomy in the #automotive sector ▶ empa.ch/web/s604/circu… Öko-Institut e.V. FOEN EU Council Chalmers University of Technology

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC today elected its Bureau for the 7th assessment cycle (2023–30). Prof. Sonia Seneviratne has been elected to the Bureau for CH. The IPCC Chair goes to Prof. Jim Skea from UK ow.ly/44Te50Pnlap Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne Sebastian König

13,000 studies | 86 experts from 49 countries | 4 years' work: 143 States Members adopt ipbes Report on Invasive Alien Species. These are one of the five main causes of the global decline in #biodiversity. #InvasiveAlienSpecies IPCC SCNAT

La Suisse et le #Kenya ont signé aujourd’hui une déclaration d’intention. La technologie suisse🇨🇭 permettra au Kenya🇰🇪 de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Une déclaration bénéfique aux deux pays et à la nature. #AccorddeParis ➡️Dossier OFEV: bafu.admin.ch/bafu/fr/home/t…

How is #Switzerland 🇨🇭 actively committed to #EndPlasticPollution in the world by 2040? It is one of 60 countries negotiating & advocating for a #PlasticsTreaty ✍️ At the #UNGA78, FM Ignazio Cassis highlighted the need for coordinated global action 🤝🌏

#PodcastRecommendation: #NRP73 #SustainableEconomy Barbara Dubach talks to Thomas Bernauer about the positive effects of voluntary measures and what else we should strive for besides #environmental protection measures. 👉open.spotify.com/episode/2YbdyE…

Today is International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. It's important to take a conscious approach to natural hazards: they are simply part of living in CH. Where is it dangerous at the moment? How are we prepared? What can we as individuals do? #IDDRR bafu.admin.ch/facing-natural…

Ministerial Joint Statement for INC-3 from the 59 Ministers of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution. hactoendplasticpollution.org/hac-ministeria…

C’est le dernier moment pour agir si nous voulons limiter le réchauffement 🌎 à +1,5°C d’ici la fin du siècle! La Conférence de l’United Nations sur le climat COP28 UAE ne doit pas se contenter d’un état des lieux.

#AlbertRösti is attending #COP28 in #Dubai. He will be signing two #climateagreements, one with #Chile🇨🇱 and one with #Tunisia🇹🇳, which will allow Switzerland to count the emissions reductions from the agreements towards its fossil-fuel reduction targets. uvek.admin.ch/uvek/en/home/u…

ProClim SCNAT , in support of the FOEN, organises an information event for the wider scientific community and interested parties to learn more about the IPCC new assessment cycle. Register now until 28 February 2024. #AR7 Further Information: proclim.scnat.ch/de/id/HK8iS?em…

«Our commitment is to develop an instrument that addresses the full life-cycle of #plastics and that tackles the problem of #plasticpollution. » FOEN Director Katrin Schneeberger at the ministerial panel on the #plastics agreement at #UNEA6.

«To implement the Kunming-Montreal Global #Biodiversity Framework (GBF) effectively there needs to be better cooperation between the relevant environmental agreements», stated FOEN Director Katrin Schneeberger while chairing the panel on global biodiversity targets at #UNEA6.

Geneva, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, has been selected as the host of the headquarters of the secretariat of the Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage. ➡️ undrr.org/quick/84027

Switzerland will continue to support the Green Climate Fund with CHF135 million from 2024-2027. Green Climate Fund funds measures in 130 countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to #ClimateChange. admin.ch/gov/en/start/d… Swiss MFA WBF DEFR EAER FOEN

Good prospects for the bathing season this summer: The vast majority of bathing water sites in Europe met the EU's most stringent ‘excellent’ bathing quality standards in 2023! 🏖🏊‍♀️👍 eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ne…

61st Plenary Session: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC launches Special Report on «Climate Change and Cities» & Methodology Report on Short-lived Climate Forcers (to be published in 2027). ProClim MeteoSchweiz 📸 IISD/ENB | A. Rodopoulou

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