Navigating the complexities of Blue-Green Infrastructure

As the leader of the research group on Multifunctional Blue-Green Design at Eawag, Lauren Cook explores the intricate trade-offs between flood management, biodiversity, and urban heat. In this interview, she challenges the simplicity of "nature-based solutions" and explains how decision-making tools can help find the optimal solution for competing goals. Read more

Topic in Focus: Blue-Green Infrastructure

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Eawag Info Day 2026: Energy - Water - Future
Tuesday, 8 September 2026, Swiss Museum of Transport Lucerne

The energy transition aims to move away from fossil fuels. This involves expanding renewable energy sources, including hydropower. However, hydropower is already highly developed in Switzerland, and in addition to the climate crisis - the primary driver of the energy transition - we are also facing a biodiversity crisis. Addressing both challenges simultaneously leads to conflicts that are particularly pronounced in water bodies. Net-zero strategies, the extraction of raw materials critical to the transition, and the use of geothermal energy can also impact water. Eawag’s research helps to make these conflicting goals transparent and enables the development of fact-based solutions. It provides policymakers with a basis for making ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable decisions.

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