"Cutting useful subsidies while showing blind confidence in immature technologies are two sides of the same inertia," warns Jean-Yves Pidoux, the former director of the SIL.
Published for the first time by the AES, this tool dedicated to the security of the electricity supply paints a potentially critical picture of the country's situation within a quarter of a century.
The disappointing conclusions of the latest COP raise questions about the very model of these large international meetings. A discussion with Delia Berner, an international climate policy analyst, and another member of the Swiss delegation, a representative of civil society.
Despite the emergence of counter-movements, the success of this great celebration of overconsumption remains undiminished. On the contrary, it has definitively established itself in Switzerland as in the rest of Europe.
"Brazil wants to steer the negotiations toward 'implementation', in other words to move from commitments to action," stresses Pierrette Rey, spokesperson for WWF Switzerland.
As COP30 unfolds and leaders, experts, and civil-society actors once again debate how to speed up the transition and tackle global warming, one idea is resurfacing: consuming less energy. Here’s why.
Olivier Hamant, a biologist-philosopher, aims to make organizations robust so they can withstand the turmoil to come. A critic of the performance dogma, the biologist will give a lecture at the University of Lausanne on October 31 as part of the Écotopiales.
"Since time immemorial, myths and legends have served to interpret the world, offering an interpretation that allows an intelligible and meaningful model to be set against the anxiety of the unknown," explains Colin Pahlisch, artistic director of the Écotopiales festival.
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.
With the recent opening of the Ressourcerie Matériuum Lausanne, French-speaking Switzerland strengthens a key link in the reuse chain: that of storage, repurposing and awareness-raising around construction materials.
After reading Kim Stanley Robinson's speculative novel, Adèle Thorens Goumaz is convinced: "We don't just need technological solutions, but also new narratives, new imaginaries that motivate us to make responsible decisions."
