Monitoring CO₂ emissions: new "reliable" approach in Zurich, thanks to the European "Icos Cities" project

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©  Pekka Pelkonen/ICOS IR / EMPA
©  Pekka Pelkonen/ICOS IR / EMPA

The city of Zurich's CO₂ emissions can now be reliably measured thanks to the methodologies designed by the European research project entitled "ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation system) Cities", announced the public Health federal office of Switzerland, on 09/12/2025.

Until now, "a region's carbon emissions could only be calculated using...

©  Pekka Pelkonen/ICOS IR / EMPA
©  Pekka Pelkonen/ICOS IR / EMPA

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