"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.
"For hydrogen to reach competitive cost levels, support policies similar to those that have benefited solar energy are needed," says Jean-Luc Favre, president of the Nomads Foundation.
As Switzerland's energy challenges mount, many projects are met with opposition. "This situation should prompt us to rethink the balance between energy development and the preservation of the territory," says Michael Frank, director of the AES.
At its meeting on 12 February 2025, the Federal Council finally approved its proposed amendment to the method of calculating the WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital, or "coût moyen pondéré du capital" in French).
As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the United States is withdrawing from it for the second time, while sustainability regulations are being attacked from all sides.
"Since the early 1970s, the human species, very unevenly, has begun to consume each year more resources than it replaces (or recycles)," recalls René Longet, author of "Planète Etat d’urgence: les réponses de la durabilité".
As minds change in Europe and the idea of a VAT differentiated according to environmental criteria circulates in the chambers, Adèle Thorens Goumaz wonders whether Switzerland should follow suit.
A dramatic turn of events and a sign of the times: the international conference convened in Busan, South Korea on this subject ended in the early hours of 2 December 2024 in failure.
"After COP29, the poorest countries of the South left stunned by the North's refusal to practice a form of climate justice. In Switzerland, the debate over its implementation is only just beginning," says Delia Berner, expert in international climate policy at Alliance Sud.
