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Federal Institutions and Research Centres
- Federal Department of the Environment,
Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK) (D, I, F)
- SMA Meteo Swiss
- World Radiation Center/Physikalisch-Meteorologisches
Observatorium Davos
The "Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos" (PMOD) was founded
in 1907 by Carl Dorno as a privately operated institute. In 1971 the
PMOD was designated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to
serve as a World Radiation Center (WRC). The operation of the WRC was
offered by the Swiss government to WMO as a contribution of Switzerland
to the World Weather Watch Program (WWW). A further service was added
in 1996 with the operation of the World Optical depth Research and Calibration
Center (WORCC), a Swiss contribution to the Global Atmosphere Watch
of WMO.
- Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental
Science and Technology (EAWAG)
EAWAG is a multidisciplinary research center studying environmental
issues and their relationships to human activities. EAWAG scientists
are engaged in teaching at ETH Zurich and other universities, and communicate
research results also by advising public agencies and engineers. A wide
range of courses is offered for the further education of specialists
in environmental protection. The aim of EAWAG is to help build the scientific
foundation for a sustainable use of resources and the protection of
the environment.
- Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
- General Energy Research
Research at PSI comprises all aspects of human energy use, with the
ultimate goal of promoting development towards a sustainable energy
supply system. Technologies are being advanced for the utilization
of renewable energy sources, low-loss energy storage, efficient conversion,
and low emission energy use. Experimental and model-based assessment
of these emissions forms the basis of a comprehensive assessment of
economic, ecological and environmental consequences, for both present
and future energy supply systems.
University Institutes
- Gruppe für Klimatologie
und Meteorologie (KLIMET), Universität Bern
- Regional and
Environmental History, Bern University, Switzerland (D)
- Koordinationsstelle Mensch-Gesellschaft-Umwelt
(MGU), Universität Basel
- Interfakultäre Koordinationsstelle
für allgemeine Ökologie (IKAÖ), Universität Bern
- Koordinationsstelle Umweltwissenschaften,
Universität Freiburg
- Institute of Geography, IGUF,
University of Fribourg
Teaching and research activities of the Institute of Geography at the
University of Fribourg reflect the shift in interests from traditional,
descriptive geography, to advanced approaches to studies in the social,
economic, and physical environment realms. With the appointment of a
new director in October 1996, a new theme is now represented in Fribourg,
namely Climate and Global Change and its environmental and socio-economic
impacts; an additional focus is the study of environmental change in
mountain regions. Furthermore, the director of the Institute is Vice-Chairman
of the Impacts Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC).
- Institute for Economy and the Environment at
the University of St. Gallen (IWOe-HSG)
IWOe-HSG is the first institute in Switzerland that deals with the exploration of the interdependences of economy, nature and society.
- Institut für Umweltwissenschaften
(IfU), Universität Zürich
- Institute of Geography, ETH Zurich
The Institute of Geography is a part of the Department of Environmental
Sciences of the ETH Zurich and specialiced in climatological and hydrological
modelling.
- Institute for Atmospheric Science,
ETH Zurich
- Department Environmental Sciences
ETHZ
Private Institutions
- Factor AG
Factor Consulting + Management Ltd. is a consultancy located in Zurich,
Switzerland. Factor was founded in 1999 and is politically and economically
independent. At Factor, we specialize in sustainable energy use and climate change
mitigation.
Projects and Programmes
- PROCLIM
The ProClim- Information System provides an overview of Swiss research
activities in the field of Climate and Global/Regional Change and gives
basic information on national and international programs.
- Nationales
Forschungsprogramm (NFP 31) "Klimaänderungen und Naturkatastrophen"
- Swiss Priority
Programme Environment
Established by the Swiss Federal Parliament on 1991 the Swiss National
Foundation set up the Swiss Priority Programme Environment which is
designed to explore and help solve the urgent problems facing the environment
on both a national and global level; strengthen cooperation in environmental
research between universities, industry and administrative authorities;
and promote the praxis-oriented implementation of results in society,
economy and politics.
Datasources
- Bundesamt
f. Statistik: Raum, Landschaft und Umwelt
- World Glacier Monitoring Service
(WGMS)
As a contribution to the Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS
/ GTOS) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and to the
International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the WGMS of the International
Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSI / IAHS) and the Federation of Astronomical
and Geophysical Data Analysis Services (FAGS / ICSU) today collects
and publishes worldwide standardized glacier data. At present, the WGMS
gets important financial and logistic support from the University of
Zürich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich.
- Ökomedia online (D)
Ökomedia Online helps you to find ecology-related information. Search
through the abstract data base OekoDok, order interesting documents
on-line, study selected news of ecological interest published on the
Internet, collect material on sources of information from the Ökomedia
web site data base and call up the diary of ecology-related events.
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