Altitude record with SolarStratos, tour of Lake Titicaca aboard PlanetSolar II: in 2025, Raphaël Domjan once again pushed the boundaries of solar energy. Interview
"For SMEs and micro-enterprises, which make up a large majority of the Swiss economic fabric, the transition is no longer a mere environmental option, but a strategic necessity to ensure our prosperity," says Christophe Barman, national co-president of the FSE.
"If we want to succeed in the energy transition, we must also accept financing it. That requires clear and reliable rules capable of guaranteeing sufficient incentives for investment," explains Michael Frank, director of AES.
"A text would have the merit of harmonizing these efforts. But in its absence, national, regional and financial dynamics must not slow down. The business world simply no longer has the luxury of waiting," say Sarah Perreard and Julien Boucher, co-directors of Earth Action.
"Our country should have the political courage to reduce a larger share of its emissions at the source. It is an essential principle of our waste management: to avoid producing them as much as possible before looking for a way to treat them," Adèle Thorens Goumaz reminds.
To the manifest detriment of their green transition, the giants of the sector have set off again in search of new wells of gold… still as black as ever.
"By 2030, if nothing changes, global water demand will exceed supply by 40%. And yet, despite the urgency, this resource still remains absent from major political stages," lament Pierre Santarelli and Virginie Captier, directors of the firm Colombus Consulting.
"In the past, China launched its Long March. Today, it is engaged in a race against time, with the aim of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060," says Flavia Giovannelli, journalist at the FER Geneva.
For its new exhibition, the Alimentarium in Vevey poses a crucial question for the future: how to feed a planet of 10 billion people healthily and sustainably, without depleting its resources or worsening climate disruption? We discuss it with its director: Boris Wastiau.
