Despite climate commitments and the expansion of renewable energy, Switzerland – like the rest of the world – remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels. @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu
One more year: Ice loss at Konkordiaplatz on Aletsch #Glacier is just... wow 😲 Minus 4.6 metres of ice.
Will there ever be a call:
"Make Aletsch Great Again"?
It would be about time
"Together, wind and solar generated 22% of global electricity in April, compared with 20% from gas."
More evidence: low cost wins in power generation. Gas is expensive and getting more expensive.
Like pulling the plug of a bathtub: an incredible mass of #glacier ice disappearing at Griesgletscher (🇨🇭/🇮🇹) in one century.
It felt emotional to visit the exact same spot @swisstopo cartographers chose in 1919. The view was so different.
Simply unbelievable!!
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
Since records began in 1864, spring temperatures in Switzerland have risen steadily, with a marked acceleration from the 1990s onward.
“We’re not in the best position to face the warmest period of the year,” says Vincent Humphrey of the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology. @meteoschweiz.ch
Glaciologists and officials in canton Valais are closely tracking the Oigschtchummun Glacier above the hamlet of Fafleralp in the Lötschental, just a few kilometres from the Birch Glacier and the devastated village.
“An event that used to occur roughly once every ten years without human influence now happens three or four times per decade,” Sonia Seneviratne told Swiss public radio RTS. @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social
“The 2026 findings point to a psychological turning point for Switzerland,” according to Marcus Burke, a Swiss-based analyst at Ipsos.
Despite climate commitments and expansion of renewable energy, Switzerland – like the rest of the world – is heavily reliant on fossil fuels.
Why Switzerland remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels despite its climate goals?
Wind and solar combined generated more electricity than gas globally in April for the first month ever, data analysed by UK-based think tank Ember showed on Thursday.
The spring 2026 ended with unprecedented heat, capping a season that will go down as one of the most remarkable in Switzerland’s meteorological history.
Fifty years after the “drought of the century”, Switzerland is heading into summer with unusually low water reserves. Drought can have unexpected effects, but simple measures can prevent critical situ...
Almost a year after a glacier collapse destroyed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, another ice giant in the same Alpine valley threatens to partially collapse.
