"We no longer have any choice but to adapt to climate change"
Interview with Vincent Kaufmann, director of the Ethos Foundation.
"The entry barrier to electrification is high, but, once that obstacle is overcome, substantial savings are possible," recalls Dominique Bidou, the author of "Recivilisation".
"For millions of people active in emerging markets, sustainability is not an abstract ESG objective; it is a matter of access to energy, economic resilience and, often, survival," reminds Louiza Savchenko of MK Global Kapital.
"While our economic systems are remarkably sophisticated when it comes to measuring certain forms of value, that generated by a healthy ecosystem remains largely absent from ordinary mechanisms," regrets David French, CEO of My Drop In The Oceans.
In 2026, Venturelab celebrates twenty years of commitment to Swiss start-ups and innovation. It is an opportunity to look back, with its co-founder Jordi Montserrat, on the evolution of an ecosystem in which cleantechs have gradually established themselves as one of the most dynamic sectors.
"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
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.
A worrying phenomenon has been growing for several years: the gradual withdrawal of insurance companies from the most at-risk areas.
"Launched for reasons that are more electoral than ecological, the call for a climate fund that would absorb between 5 and 10 billion francs each year appears unnecessary, absurd, costly, centralizing and poorly conceived," says Pierre-Gabriel Bieri, policy manager at the Centre Patronal.
"The Paris Agreement gave us a vision; we now need a financial system capable of making it a reality," explains Dominik Rothmund, senior advisor in sustainable finance for WWF Switzerland.
"With public instruments such as the Swiss Climate Fund, the Confederation wishes to position Switzerland as a global hub for sustainable finance," explains Charles-Henry Monchau, director of Investments and member of the Executive Committee of the Syz Group.
Interview with Isolda Agazzi, media manager of Alliance Sud for French-speaking Switzerland.
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