Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia’s economic powerhouses. It aspires to high-quality agricultural production with a view to lucrative export markets, while transitioning towards more renewable forms of energy production to meet COP26 commitments. Solar power and biomass from productive forests are meant to support ...

Switzerland ratified the Paris Agreement in 2017 and at the recently held UNCCC in Glasgow committed to global climate change goals, renewing its pledge to halve emissions by 2030. The country has also committed to the UN SDG policy framework, including the Voluntary National Reporting (VNR) standard for transparent ...

The purpose of this proposed project is to help enable these reforms from the minute that peace is achieved. Working with the Ukrainian Government and key policymakers and scholars from the region, this proposed project will provide a blueprint for rapid reforms during the era of reconstruction. In particular, we ...

The purpose of the parliamentary friendship group Switzerland-Japan is to promote contacts between parliamentarians of the two states.

The economic performance of Belarus has been unimpressive ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, due mainly to the country’s lack of serious structural reforms. This study examines the consequences of this benign neglect should a democratic transition occur and attempts to understand the assistance that may be ...

Agrivoltaics (APV) is a promising approach to produce renewable electricity and agricultural goods on the same piece of land. It therefore contributes to defusing land-use conflicts. Besides electricity production, APV creates favorable microclimates with a reduced dependency on irrigation and mineral fertilizers. ...

Embracing a product-as-a-service model represents an important opportunity for Swiss battery manufacturer Libattion. The project aims to address jointly the challenges of this transition: estimating battery health, the ability to deliver advanced services, and aligning with circular economy principles.  ...