Swiss program plots post-COVID future for science, diplomacy JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file picture the globe of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, is illuminated outside Geneva, Switzerland. With COVID-19, the race to space and climate change high on many minds, a new “do tank” in Geneva bankrolled by the Swiss government is gearing up to develop long-term projects like creating a global court for scientific disputes and a Manhattan Project-style effort to rid excess carbon from the atmosphere.Anja Niedringhaus/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3FILE-In this April 6, 2017 taken photo former Nestle's Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe speaks during the general meeting of the world's biggest food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Peter Brabeck, a former chairman and CEO of Nestle who was tapped by the Swiss government to lead GESDA, used COVID-19 as example how advance planning could help head off health crises in the future: He said mRNA vaccine technology being used now to fight the pandemic has been around a decade. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)Laurent Gillieron/APShow MoreShow Less