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IPPC: Call for experts to review the First Order Draft of Working Group I contribution to the Seventh Assessment Report

Registration is now open for experts to review the First Order Draft of the Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). The Working Group I contribution

During the summer of 2019, 8 metres of ice melted at the snout of the Findelen glacier – an amount strikingly illustrated by a pole used for mass-balance measurements.

Swiss glaciers have exhausted their snow reserves

From 29 June onwards, Switzerland’s glaciers will have exhausted their snow reserves. Every litre of meltwater now causes them to lose mass – this is Glacier Loss Day. Between the

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Bundesrat unterbreitet Botschaft über die Finanzierung der Reservekraftwerke

Der Bundesrat plant, ab ca. 2030 neue Reservekraftwerke in Betrieb zu nehmen, die während 15 Jahren zur Verfügung stehen sollen. Dafür beantragt er beim Parlament für den Bau sowie die

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