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A new home for Sustainability Robotics
Flying robots capable of inspecting and repairing building envelopes, interacting with natural ecosystems, and monitoring climate change and biodiversity are being developed and tested at the DroneHub at Empa’s NEST. This cutting-edge facility is dedicated to pioneering autonomous robots that work harmoniously within both natural and man-made environments.

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 EPFL heating plant and data center, home to the Kuma supercomputer - 2021 Niels Ackermann/Lundi13
New supercomputer powers sustainable research
EPFL’s new Kuma supercomputer, which ranks 23rd in the Green500 ranking, illustrates EPFL’s efforts to support cutting-edge research with a low environmental impact. With Kuma, EPFL is helping anchor Switzerland’s position at the forefront of sustainable computing.

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The Jamuna River in Bangladesh swells more and more during the summer monsoon, flooding the delta and eroding the riverbanks, sometimes hundreds of metres inland. (Image: Sish Dinar / ETH Zürich)
Climate change alone does not cause mass migration
People are already being forced to flee the consequences of climate change to an alarming extent in the Global South, says Jan Freihardt, a researcher at ETH Zurich. He believes, however, that Europe's fear of mass climate migration is exaggerated, since international migration has other root causes.

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 Hybrid building elements made from the reusable materials timber and earth can be used as interior and exterior walls as well as floor slabs, instead of concrete and steel. (Image: Pallavi Keshri and Linus Schmitz / ETH Zurich)
Timber, earth and a digital ecosystem for sustainable construction
Innosuisse launched two flagship projects at ETH Zurich with the aim of transforming the Swiss construction industry in a sustainable way: While Swircular sets up a circular construction industry, Think Earth enables regenerative construction with timber and earth.

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 At the PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences, Emmanuele Moioli is analysing the possibilities for climate-neutral transport in Switzerland. © Paul Scherrer Institute PSI/Markus Fischer
Moving towards low-carbon road transport while being economically competitive
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have presented a concept for decarbonising transport while keeping it economically competitive. Increasing the utilisation of carbon dioxide from biogas plants plays an important role.

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