Climate change in Switzerland: A review of physical, institutional and political aspects
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The influence of firms on the elaboration of climate policy in a democratic system is quite controversial. Firms do not form a solid bloc of opponents to environmental regulation. Some firms even expect to gain from such regulation, either because they off ...
In the framework of the revision of the Swiss CO2-Law and in view for the international negotiations that will take place at the next Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Federal Office for the Environ ...
We performed a study to define the key elements of feasible global climate policy scenarios for the post-2012 UNFCCC regime by contacting – through a series of questionnaires – 149 stakeholders involved in climate-change discussions. We applied a Multiple ...
On account of the current global warming, climate researchers warn of a possible increase in the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather conditions in the future. As an alpine canton, the Grisons are particularly exposed to such events. In the article, ...
What will be the costs and benefits related to climate change for the Swiss tourism sector and what are the possible private and public adaptation measures on regional and national scale? ...
Switzerland, as many developed countries, face a double problem for the next round of international negotiations on climate change. On the one hand, short term economic strategies would favor the implementation of a global carbon market that would minimize ...
Within the framework of the CCES1 project ‘Climate Policy making for enhanced technological and institutional innovation’ (ClimPol) we are investigating the role of firms in climate policy making. The aim of this research is to give recommendations for eff ...
Business associations play an important role in the decision making process of climate policy. In 2009, the revision of the Swiss CO2 law for designing post‐2012 climate policy is at stake. This paper analyzes the positions and arguments of the Swiss busin ...
The consideration of predicted climate change conditions in the hydrogeological and geomechanical modelling of a large landslide allows the assessment of its future behaviour in case of crisis. This application shows that the predictions are not necessaril ...