Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Affiliation: Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
For the fourth time in the 74-year history of the Council of Europe, the heads of state and government of the organisation's member states will gather next week for a summit. The Swiss delegation to the summit in Reykjavík will be led by President Alain Berset. Prior to the summit, he will meet with Iceland's Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir on Tuesday, 16 May, to discuss current international issues and, above all, cooperation on climate issues.
Swiss forests are being severely affected by climate change and extreme events. Drought, hot summers, storms and late frosts have weakened the trees in recent years.
The population appreciates the landscape around it, but it continues to be under pressure. Without additional measures, the quality of the landscape as defined by the Federal Council in the Swiss Landscape Concept (SLC) will not be achieved. These are the main findings of the Swiss Landscape Monitoring program. The latest results of this program are published by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL).
