Politics

The road to Net Zero is rocky, but feasible

A sustainable transition to a climate-friendly and biodiversity-rich Switzerland is only possible if we tackle the energy transition, climate change mitigation and biodiversity loss together. This will not be easy, but it is worthwhile and ultimately indispensable, says Reto Knutti.

Biodiversity Climate Change Sustainability

University funding: a national debate is needed

EPFL and ETH Zurich Presidents Martin Vetterli and Joël Mesot consider high tuition fees as in the English-speaking world to be the wrong approach to improving the financial situation of the two universities. Students should be seen as success factors for our country and not as cash cows.

Education Policy

For UN Agenda: data gaps detected in 193 countries

To make informed decisions, governments and international organisations need data. The United Nations has been analysing the global availability of such data together with ETH Zurich. This has brought to light some surprising insights.

International Cooperation Data

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New research infrastructure: 'Alps' supercomputer inaugurated

On 14 September, ETH Zurich officially inaugurated the new 'Alps' supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano. The celebrations in Lugano were attended by Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and well-known personalities from the worlds of science and politics.

Computer Science Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Cooperation

Blue-green biodiversity: recognise, conserve, promote

Biodiversity is not a political programme: Only just 1.6 % of all documents searched at federal level make reference to the term. This is one of the many results that the WSL and Eawag institutes have compiled in the joint research initiative ‘Blue-Green Biodiversity’.

Biology Biodiversity Environment

Four billion people estimated to lack safe drinking water services

More than half of the global population were estimated to lack safely managed drinking water services in a recent study lead by Eawag researchers. This is shown in a global map that researchers compiled using machine learning based on data from household surveys and data derived from Earth observations.

Drinking Water Data Machine Learning Society

European forest monitoring proposal criticised

The European Commission is planning to monitor forests more closely, combining data from the ground and from the air. However, its proposal ignores important existing resources, criticise forest researchers from all over Europe in an opinion piece in "Forest Ecology and Management".

Forest Environment

Safeguarding the public service in the digital era

Digitalization and the proliferation of service platforms are permeating all areas of our society, and the public service is not immune to this evolution. A policy paper from the EPFL Center for Digital Trust offers recommendations to maintain the quality of the Swiss public service.

Digitalisation Data Cybersecurity Society

Waging a war for land and soil

The war in Ukraine is also a war for soil. Sebastian Dötterl, Professor for Soil Resources at ETH Zurich explains what makes Ukrainian soil so valuable and why it will become even more geopolitically significant.

International Society

ETH research supply support to the Swiss state

From devising forecasting models for the Federal Finance Administration and describing the latest trends in civil protection, ETH researchers routinely supply vital support to the Swiss state and help drive innovation.

How top-flight researchers draw global companies to Switzerland

ETH’s outstanding reputation attracts top-flight researchers from all over the world. This pool of talent makes Zurich a major draw for global companies such as Microsoft.

How can we tax electric cars without slowing down the electromobility transition?

The federal government has plans to tax electric vehicles to secure funding for road infrastructure. However, a new levy could delay the switch to electromobility. Alessio Levis explains how this dilemma could be resolved.

New association combines medical practice and research

In future, doctors at Aargau hospitals can apply for research time via the "Association for Medical Research and Innovation in the Canton of Aargau". For 6 to 24 months, they will then be able to carry out research alongside their work with teams at ETH Zurich, Empa or the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI.

The bright future of solar energy

Solar energy, which is both abundant and free, is poised to become the world’s leading power source by 2050. That’s thanks largely to technological advances and the unbridled manufacturing of solar cells, which bodes well for a successful energy transition.

Eawag at the centre of international WASH efforts

Two international conferences are currently being held at Eawag in Dübendorf: the Global WASH Cluster Meeting and the Emergency Environmental Health Forum. Both are aimed at strengthening and focusing collaboration and international efforts on the topics of water, sanitation and hygiene in a humanitarian context.

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