"The summer of 2026 showed what inaction costs; the courts, for their part, have begun to say who must be held responsible for it," emphasize François de Cambiaire and Lydia Méziani, lawyers at de Cambiaire & Méziani Associates.
"If the Federal Council is now considering abolishing the program — or at least withdrawing the federal contribution — it is mainly because of the windfall effects it generates," explains Philippe Thalmann, professor of environmental economics at EPFL.
"Reaching the carbon neutrality target set by Switzerland will require tripling the renovation rate that has been practiced for many years (between 0.8 and 1%)," says Philippe Thalmann, professor of environmental economics at EPFL.
"In an ideal world, high-income individuals, aware of their responsibility, would voluntarily give up highly greenhouse-gas-emitting activities," explains Philippe Thalmann, professor of environmental economics at EPFL.
