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Switzerland wants greater digital sovereignty. But how easy is it to break free from Google, Apple and Microsoft? Two Swissinfo journalists attempted to replace Big Tech services with Swiss and other European alternatives. Their experiment revealed the hidden dependencies, frustrations and surprising freedoms of life without the tech giants.
Journalists: Sara Ibrahim, Kristian Foss Brandt
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang
SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

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In this episode host Jo Fahy talks to swissinfo.ch journalist Luigi Jorio about how ordinary people have been using the legal system to hold companies to account over their alleged contributions to climate change. We find out how islanders from an Indonesian archipelago have challenged Swiss cement company Holcim in a court in Switzerland. Christina Voigt, one of the world’s leading experts in environmental law and climate litigation, joins us to explain why the courts are being used in this way and how effective it’s proving.
Journalist: Luigi Jorio
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang
SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

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The Swiss Connection science podcast is back on July 7 with six new episodes on science happening in Switzerland.
SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

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In this episode of The Swiss Connection science podcast, we're digging into the push to create a Swiss FabLab, a shared chip fabrication laboratory that brings public research and private industry together under the Swiss Chip Alliance. Our host Jo Fahy is joined by swissinfo.ch's business and tech specialist Matthew Allen to unpack what’s being proposed near Zurich, why it’s still at the conceptual phase, and what it could mean for Switzerland's semiconductor industry as global investment surges.
You can read more about the Swiss semiconductor industry here.  
Journalist: Matthew Allen
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang
SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

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Where do people go when the water takes their land? Guided by a three-year ETH Zurich study and first-hand voices, we trace a pattern that defies the headlines: most climate migration is short and local, driven by community ties, scarce resources, and the will to stay near what remains.
If you would like to find out more about the climate challenges in Bangladesh and read the collection on climate solutions, and more stories, please visit Swissinfo Science.

Journalist: Giannis Mavris 
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang
SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.