"We no longer have any choice but to adapt to climate change"
Interview with Vincent Kaufmann, director of the Ethos Foundation.
Interview with Mohamed Meghari, head of the Energy Efficiency Division at the Directorate of Energy of the Canton of Vaud.
Interview with Ludovic Pommiès, project manager and ESG manager at Fundim.
According to Laurent Balsiger, "the closer a politician is to the ground, the better able he is to grasp the problems and challenges posed by climate change." Member of the Grand Council, he was one of the actors behind the new Vaud energy law. Interview
As fossil fuel prices soar, the bill proves to be less steep in Spain and Portugal, two countries ahead in the deployment of renewable energy.
"Succeeding in calculating the 'true costs' of food could serve as a compass and steer our decisions toward a more sustainable, healthier and more equitable diet," says Emilia Schmitt, scientific coordinator of the "True Cost of Food Switzerland" project.
What happens when insurance companies decide to withdraw and no longer cover the most at-risk areas? That is the theme at the heart of the new report by the environmental NGO, but also of "Sigma", that of the Swiss Re Institute. Analysis
By naming their first edition "Wind farms are taking shape", the industry's players want to show a certain optimism despite a context that remains complicated for the sector. A look by Benoist Guillard, president of the Groupe romand pour l’énergie éolienne (GREE).
Since its founding in 2021, the young startup has made it its mission to find a good compromise between energy production and plant growth. The solution is called "spectral filtering".
While some regions of the planet are now no longer insurable, our country has a pool unique in the world dedicated to climate damage. Explanations from Martin Steinauer, responsible for claims things for La Mobilière in French-speaking Switzerland.
"It is neither fair nor constructive to pit technologies against each other in a supposed race for funding: it's a false debate," says Eric Plan, secretary-general of the CleantechAlps association.
A worrying phenomenon has been growing for several years: the gradual withdrawal of insurance companies from the most at-risk areas.
As this Thursday marks the official creation of a Swiss entity of the World Sufficiency Lab, we revisit the question of sufficiency with its cofounder and director, Yamina Saheb.
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