"A wind farm can be perceived with pride, as a contribution to our security of supply, a milestone toward greater autonomy," says René Longet, a member of the committee of the association ProEole Geneva and author of « Planète Etat d'urgence : Les réponses de la durabilité ».
"We hope this conference will put the collective implementation of more ambitious measures to protect the climate back at the forefront," explains Isolda Agazzi, head of development policy at Alliance Sud.
"The average female driver thus spent 14.90 francs on gasoline to travel 100 kilometers in 1981, compared with 16.10 francs today. In the meantime, household disposable income has, however, been multiplied by 2.85," recalls Philippe Thalmann, professor of environmental economics at EPFL.