"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.
"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.
"While nuclear power is necessarily part of the long term, photovoltaics and batteries fall into a different timescale: that of the needs we must meet today," says Richard Mesple, CEO of Local Energy.
"The rise of renewable energy and the reduction of our consumption of oil and gas have allowed Switzerland to avoid 31 billion francs in fossil fuel imports over the past fifteen years," says Pierrette Rey, spokesperson for WWF Switzerland.
According to Henri Klunge, newly elected deputy in the canton of Vaud and founder of Alcane Conseils, "the presence of this small molecule in the drinking water should remind us that our activities are not without consequences nor without risks for the environment."
"How far is it fair to make tenants bear the burden of the incentives granted to owners to produce their electricity and thereby make savings, or even profits?" wonders Christian Rod, an energy transition expert and founder of the company CREST.
"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.
"Instead of converging, the ecological, economic and social dimensions have each remained in its respective silo," laments René Longet. The author of "Planète Etat d'urgence : Les réponses de la durabilité" calls for urgently activating this social dimension of sustainability.
"Our decisions are in reality largely guided by automatic responses, emotions, habits, social norms and implicit representations of 'success' or 'comfort'," explains Christian Petit, a member of the executive board of swisscleantech.
"Climate risks must imperatively be taken into account in the development of future adaptation policies, so that we can all be duly protected," says Adèle Thorens Goumaz.
"The transformation of the system is not an obstacle, but an opportunity provided that it gives electricity suppliers the freedom to assert themselves in the face of competition without being smothered by unnecessary regulations," reminds Jan Flückiger, public affairs manager at AES.
