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Climate and environment

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After the elections...

Much has already been written about the 2019 parliamentary election results. One searched the media in vain for an assessment of their implications for Switzerland‘s development policy approaches or its foreign policy.

Political article

Climate costs cannot be spirited away abroad

Switzerland wants to offset its much too large per capita carbon footprint abroad. That is morally questionable, economically short-sighted and as little sustainable as the often advocated large-scale afforestation in the South.

Klimagerechtigkeit

Political article

Fairness, a moral imperative

Climate justice – a term blazing a trail. But what exactly does it mean? The underlying principle was already formulated in 1992, but was never implemented by the rich countries. Switzerland, too, is under pressure to fulfil its commitments.

Political article

Listen to women in tackling the climate crisis!

The climate crisis and the struggle for women's rights have more in common than first meets the eye. Climate change is in fact compounding discrimination – also in the global South.

Political article

Constitution no obstacle for a new climate policy

As even the Radical Liberal Party (FDP) positions itself for a #climatechangeelection, an explosive legal opinion demonstrates that the way is now clear for an effective turnaround in Swiss climate policy.

Article as analysis

Climate policy in the slow lane

The COP 24 climate summit in Katowice, Poland is expected to approve the regulatory framework for implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement. A herculean task with an uncertain outcome. Meanwhile, major policy issues remain unresolved.

Political article

Swiss Climate Politics in International Headlines

The recent decision of the Swiss National Council to abolish the domestic climate target has raised eyebrows in Katowice.

Political article

A summer as an object lesson

Summer 2018. Heat, drought, millions in damage. Extremes of climate in the northern hemisphere. It could, it must be the turning point in the perception of climate change. Even in Switzerland.

Klimaallianz Schweiz

Climate stress test for the Swiss financial centre

The Swiss National Bank’s investments contribute to a catastrophic temperature rise of 4-6 degrees. On the occasion of the General Assembly on 27 April, the Climate Alliance calls for a climate stress test and publishes concrete recommendations.