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The New Global Connect: Mega-Infrastructure Projects and Their Local Impacts
The construction of large infrastructure for rapid and efficient means of transportation or green energy production from large wind or solar farms is often tied to hopes of development and prosperity for local communities. However, often, such developments do not meet these expectations, because local communities are excluded from the decision-making process and lose access to their resource base, their living space and livelihood opportunities. Co-determination is an essential prerequisite for local sustainable development through infrastructure projects. Such a process ensures that due consideration is given to different impacts and consequences, perspectives, power dynamics as well as opportunities for participation. Research is necessary to better understand these important dimensions and how to enable, facilitate and implement effective and equitable co-determination.
Digitalisation in North-South Research Partnerships: Great Opportunities & Multiple Challenges
Digitalisation greatly influences North-South research partnerships, impacting communication, collaboration and relationships between Southern and Northern partners in multiple ways. Digitalisation has created novel means of communication, has opened unprecedented knowledge transfer channels, and has made digital data acquisition and monitoring tools more easily available. At the same time, we are confronted with new challenges such as data security and unequal access to digital infrastructure, which can potentially increase inequality and division between Northern and Southern research partners.
Image: Fabian Suter, EawagInformationsdienst Biodiversität Schweiz IBS Nr. 168
Klimawandel verändert die Insektenfauna in der Schweiz
Image: Forum BiodiversitätJahrbuch 2022 der SCNAT
Die Jahresberichte der Fachgremien und Mitgliedsorganisationen der Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz für das Jahr 2021.
Klimagerechtigkeit ist Staatsaufgabe in Basel-Stadt
Das Stimmvolk in Basel-Stadt hat Klimagerechtigkeit in die Verfassung geschrieben. Einer Bewegungsinitiative gelang es, dass eine Mehrheit für netto Null bis 2030 stimmte. Was kann aus «Basel2030» gelernt werden?
Image: Christian Jaeggi
Schweizer Städte bereiten sich ungenügend auf Hitze vor
Städte sind von den Folgen des Klimawandels besonders stark betroffen. Obwohl das Problembewusstsein in der Schweiz vorhanden ist, werden Anpassungsmassnahmen oftmals noch ungenügend umgesetzt. Gefragt wären unter anderem klarere Zuständigkeiten und explizite gesetzliche Vorgaben.
Image: Zürich Tourismus
Von Selbstläufern und Bremsklötzen in der Energiewende
Text: Urs Neu, Leiter Erweiterte Energiekommission und Stv. Leiter ProClim