Peru's melting glaciers a deadly threat as temperatures rise

High in the Peruvian Andes, the glacier-fed lake Laguna 513 brims with meltwater atop a populated valley in a region prone to earthquakes. Scientists warn that if a giant chunk of ice from the Hualcan glacier breaks off it could trigger a tsunami-like wave in Laguna 513 and send a lethal torrent of water cascading […]

Integrated Climate Risk Management for a Resilient World

Organized by the Delta Electronics Foundation, Taiwan; the Governments of the Netherlands, Tuvalu, Germany, Switzerland and Japan; Mountain and Glacier Protection Organization (MGPO), Pakistan; Munich Re; the World Bank Group; the World Resources Institute (WRI); and Zoi Environment, Switzerland

COP20: NAMA Day

NAMA Day was hosted by the UNFCCC in partnership with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ), the UN Environment Programme DTU Partnership (UNEP DTU), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and […]

Dos oficinas federales coordinan la cooperación internacional para el desarrollo en representación de la Confederación Suiza: La Cooperación Económica – SECO y la Cooperación Internacional – COSUDE gestionada desde el Hub Regional.