Climate Change
In the alpine region, warming since the late 19th century has been around twice as strong as the global average. The impacts of climate change are already being felt in Switzerland, for example through an increase in heavy rainfall events and heatwaves. These changes affect a wide range of areas of society and have a major influence on natural hazards, as shown in the graphic below.
Changes in the Swiss Climate
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“As a result of global warming, the climate of many cities is shifting hundreds of kilometers southward,” says Jean-François Bastin, a researcher in ecosystem ecology at the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich. “In a sense, we can say that Bern is taking a climatic journey to northern Italy.”
If you would like to learn more about twin cities, read the study “Understanding Climate Change from a Global Analysis of City Analogues”.