"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.
"Shouldn't we, as societies, accept engaging in more honest discussions, less laden with emotions and idealism, on this question of nuclear power?" asks Daniella Gorbunova, a journalist at the Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève.
In "Une Constitution pour la transition écologique," Marcel Hänggi proposes rethinking the Constitution in depth in order to better protect both the environment and democratic institutions in the face of upcoming ecological crises.
"Beyond the widely discussed diplomatic deadlocks, COP30 revealed that the transition will no longer be played out in final communiqués, but in the ability of economies to measure, finance and deploy real transformations," explains Sarah Perreard, co-director of Earth Action.
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.
"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.
"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.
"As alarmist rhetoric proliferates, they share the common theme of the threat of a loss of control over a strategic domain for Switzerland," warns Dominique Rochat, Energy & Infrastructure Project Manager at Economiesuisse.
"In the field of transport and energy, what opportunities do data really offer and what are their limits?" asks Matthias Finger, co-founder of Swiss Economics and professor emeritus at EPFL.
In principle, the agreement has the clear and explicit support of the industry. Its national implementation, however, raises greater reservations within the energy sector.
