Global warming has already had a major impact on the occurrence of snow. Snow and glacier melt is largely responsible for filling the world's natural water towers. The system is subject to diverse and intensive use. But will it stay that way?
Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine has exposed the chimera of fueling economic growth whilst moving to cleaner sources of energy and keeping climate change in check.
German government, industry and citizens are called to make choices that may slow or even reverse some of the country's ambitious climate goals.
The oil and gas prices surge in the post-COVID recovery period and, more substantially, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, gave the perception that oil firms are unfairly profiting from high energy prices, or even worse, from war and bloodshed.
The expression "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" has been around almost as long as the word statistics (first coined in 1770, for those wondering). The overall picture does not always look right, even when statistics are carefully checked and correctly reported.
After decades of being a rather marginal topic, inflation is now back at the top of the agendas of policy makers and the investment community. This has led SFI to analyze the current inflationary environment in a comprehensive Public Discussion Note (PDN) entitled "Rising Inflation—A Roadmap for Investors".
Neutrality is an inherent component of Swiss identity and origin; historically, neutrality has been critical to Switzerland's security and foreign policy. The Swiss foreign-policy stance of strict neutrality has become less applicable in the post-Cold War world order, forcing Switzerland to re-interpret its neutrality policy in light of the Ukrainian conflict.
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