ENV199 Showcase 2020 - News Articles

ENV199 Showcase 2020

Climate Change in the News

Class News Articles Presented Throughout The Semester

Swiss-Peruvian climate deal pioneers international cooperationSwitzerland and Peru have become the first signatory states to conclude an international carbon offsetting deal under the Paris climate agreement.

Switzerland’s shrinking glaciers ‘make climate change visible’Scientists are battling to save ice masses from effects of warmer summer temperatures.

Are China's pollution remediation efforts making the planet warmer? China's efforts to combat aerosol pollution resulted in warming throughout the northern latitudes

To limit global warming, the global food system must be reimagined

To predict how crops cope with changing climate, 30 years of experiments simulate futureA new review synthesizes 30 years of 'Free-Air Concentration Enrichment' (FACE) data to grasp how global crop production may be impacted by rising CO2 levels and other factors.

Climate change triggers Great Barrier Reef bleachingThe Great Barrier Reef is suffering through its worst bleaching event. This is the third bleaching within the space of five years.

UN report: Covid crisis does little to slow climate changeGlobal lockdowns disrupted CO2 emissions temporarily say scientists but they didn't stop climate change.

Swiss government rejects call to ban fossil fuelsThe government says a proposed ban on the use of fossil energy resources is not necessary to reduce Switzerland’s net CO2 emissions to zero by 2050.

Tourism in Switzerland

Households in Switzerland could feasibly be energy self-sufficient by 2050By 2050, photovoltaic technologies that convert sunlight into electricity could enable many single- and multi-family buildings in Switzerland to produce enough energy to meet their own consumption needs, including the charging of electric vehicles.

Reducing aerosol pollution without cutting carbon dioxide could make the planet hotter: Solving one environmental problem could create anotherHumans must reduce carbon dioxide and aerosol pollution simultaneously to avoid weakening the ocean's ability to keep the planet cool, new research shows.

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