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Excursion during the workshop on urban development and biodiversity with experts from cantons and municipalities. (Photo: Tural Aliyev)
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The cities of the future are blue-green
July 3, 2025

Two workshops on urban development and biodiversity with participants from research and politics show how cities can be designed to be biodiversity-friendly, inclusive and resilient.
Cover picture: Abishek Narayan (Photo: Leonardo Biasio, Eawag).
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Abishek Narayan becomes a member of the Swiss Young ...
June 26, 2025

The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences have elected eight new members to the Swiss Young Academy, including Abishek Narayan, a Scientist in the Department of Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development (Sandec) at the aquatic research institute Eawag.
Flood of the Rhone near Sierre in June 2024 (Photo: Canton Valais).
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Review of the 2024 water policy
May 13, 2025

The year 2024 was very warm and very wet, especially in early summer. This led to a welcome replenishment of groundwater reservoirs and record hydropower production, but also to severe flooding. In Bern, the focus was on the further expansion of hydropower and the pollution of water resources by pesticides and the "eternal chemicals" PFAS.
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