Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated at the confluence of Western, Central, and Southern Europe. It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. Switzerland is a landlocked country bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. It is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps, and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi), and land area of 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 23 April 2024 English

The use of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) and similar systems in free trade agreements (FTAs) is gaining traction. Will it lead to more sustainable production and consumption globally? Our experts …

of an FTA. The only case of such use is by Switzerland under the EFTA–Indonesia CEPA (Larrea et al.


PI: Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development · 19 April 2024 English

We respectfully acknowledge the space our organization is headquartered in as the traditional and ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the bands Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai, the Îyârhe …

Use Reduction With Major Renovation Projects (Switzerland: Springer, Cham., 2021), 7. 6 Natural Resources


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 16 April 2024 English

A field with its roots established in the 1950s, artificial intelligence (AI) is suddenly much more in the public eye and capable of doing useful things for casual users as …

“Cyber security regulation,” EU member states and Switzerland. The sample “Content moderation regulation,” Korea 4 South Korea 8 Spain 1 Spain 5 Switzerland 1 Switzerland 2 Taiwan 1 — Türkiye 2 — — Ukraine 1 — South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kong, 1 Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom — Australia, Austria, Belgium Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United


Fraser Institute · 9 April 2024 English

Between 2009 and 2023, federal and provincial governments have increased personal income taxes on upper-income earners by raising the top marginal income tax rate. The largest combined (federal and provincial) …

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CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 5 April 2024 English

Outlines information and key findings on the habits and motivations of people who frequently consume cannabis. The report compiles insights from focus groups, highlighting changing trends in usage, preferred methods …

medicine and biology, (vol. 1264, pp. 67–80). Switzerland: Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57369-0_5 effects of nonmedical cannabis use. Geneva, Switzerland: Author. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241510240


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 5 April 2024 English

Mixing recipes, maps, archival records, biographies, and full-colour photographs with fascinating stories, mmm... Manitoba showcases the province’s diverse foodways and industries from on board the Manitoba Food History Truck.

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Fraser Institute · 21 March 2024 English

Analysis of 2018 data shows that higher levels of school spending among high-income OECD countries are not associated with higher levels of academic achievement. Canadian 2018 spending on elementary and …

extracted on September 17, 2023 from OECD.Stat.) 14 Switzerland is excluded due to missing data. An elementary descending order of elementary-secondary spending. Switzerland excluded because data are missing. Sources: all 34 high-income OECD countries, including Switzerland, with jurisdictions ranked in descending order fraserinstitute.org 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 Switzerland Lithuania Chile Greece Slovak Republic Latvia outlier in the spending distribution. Denmark, Switzerland, and Spain are also not included as cumulative


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 20 March 2024 English

Headquartered understanding of the socio-economic and technological in Waterloo, Canada, CIGI has received support impacts of digitalization and improve the quality and from the Government of Canada, the Government relevance …

Green Xchange was launched in 2010 at Davos, Switzerland. The Green Xchange, based on the underlying philosophy Intellectual Property Issue Paper No. 37. Geneva, Switzerland: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Xchange Experience.” Policy Brief No. 13. Geneva, Switzerland: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable


Wellesley Institute · 18 March 2024 English

Notable examples include the economic disempowerment of Indigenous communities upheld by the 1876 Indian Act59,60, and the persistent anti-Black racism and segregation of African Canadians – in housing, employment, schooling …

Sweden (in 2007). As of 2020, Norway, Spain and Switzerland were the only OECD countries with individual


National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health · 15 March 2024 English

Temporary evacuations due to fires or floods could affect stored water quality due to disuse and stagnation causing increased water age and growth of bacteria and biofilms, enhanced by moderate …

drinking-water supplies in small communites. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO; 2012. Available from: https://iris.who disinfecting water storage tanks and tankers. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2013 Jul. Available


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