"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.
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".
"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.
"Despite some observable slowdowns, the transformation of our energy systems will not stop, but will have to face many new challenges," explains Nicolas Charton, managing director at E-CUBE Strategy Consultants.
"In the current economic climate, we could not take on the role of driving this sector forward on our own," explains Jérémie Brillet. Head of strategic developments at Romande Energie, he nevertheless assures that the DSO remains "attentive to its evolution."
At the crossroads of science, society and public policy, the professor at the University of Geneva develops energy scenarios aimed at supporting the transition to carbon neutrality.
"Resource-hungry, these data centers have an environmental footprint that constitutes a crucial sustainability issue for both companies and actors in sustainable finance," recalls Luc Olivier, financial analyst (CFA) and portfolio manager at La Financière de l'Échiquier.
"We call for clear market signals, a coherent framework and better valuation of renewable electricity injected into the grid," explain Cécile Theumann and Martial Bujard, co-directors of the ADER.
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.
"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.
Relying on an innovative methodological framework for modeling energy transitions, the study published in 2023 in the journal "Frontiers" presents a vision of the national energy system.
