20 Minutes. Government subsidies of around CHF 260 million cut Swiss emissions by a CO2 equivalent of more than three million tonnes in 2015. The Swiss government’s “Building Programme” has two parts to it. The first subsidises improvements to building insulation. In 2015, subsidies of CHF 179 million encouraged improvements to the insulation of 3.6 […]
Big rise in Swiss carbon tax from 1 January 2016
Swiss law requires big reductions in CO2 emissions by 2020. Reductions are below target, so from 1 January 2016 the government is increasing the tax from CHF 60 to CHF 84 per tonne of CO2 emitted as allowed by law. In particular, those who heat with gas and oil will pay more in 2016. Electricity […]
Switzerland slides to 14th place in climate change performance
Last week while climate talks were going on in Paris, the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) of Switzerland published a note lamenting Switzerland’s slide from 10th to 14th place in the Climate Change Performance Index. Switzerland however, had lower emissions than all but one of the countries ahead of it in the ranking. Luxembourg, one place […]
