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Climate change affects the landscape: practical knowledge from experience and research

From droughts to heavy rainfall and retreating glaciers – climate change is altering Switzerland's landscapes. At the same time these landscapes protect us from the consequences of climate change, such as flooding and avalanches. How can we safeguard these landscape services in the future? 

A new fact sheet from the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) presents viable solutions and specific projects from the field.

Among other things, it draws on the findings of the ValPar.CH research project, in which numerous GIUZ researchers participated.

Keller R, Tobias S, Siegrist D, Urbach D, Käufeler B, Aschwanden R, Grêt-Regamey A, Wäger P, Steiger U (2026) Shaping Switzerland in the face of climate change. Preserving landscape services for people and the environment. Swiss Academies Factsheets 21 (1)

ValPar.CH – Nature’s values and services

Die vielfältigen Werte der Natur
GIUZ Blog, 27.10.2025

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Dr. Roger Keller
SCNAT
Forum Landscape, Alps, Parks (FoLAP)
House of Academies

Space, Nature and Society
Department of Geography

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