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Preferred term
Switzerland
Definition
- SWITZERLAND HAS A long-standing tradition of environmental awareness and protection and has been active in bringing the debate on climatic change to the forefront of international environmental affairs. Switzerland was a strong supporter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from its inception in 1988 and an important negotiator for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, leading inter alia to the Kyoto Protocol. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change; Switzerland]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Switzerland
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