ZURICH, Aug 11 — Switzerland is in a good position to achieve its target of achieving net zero in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the government said today, rejecting a campaign that wants to ban fossil fuels. The government has come up with a counterproposal to the so-called Glacier Initiative...
ZURICH, Aug 11 — Switzerland is in a good position to achieve its target of achieving net zero in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the government said today, rejecting a campaign that wants to ban fossil fuels.
The topic has become sensitive in Switzerland, where dry summers, heavy rains and snow-scarce winters are among the expected consequences of unchecked climate change. The vote, which is due by 2024, wants a ban on the sale of fossil fuels such as oil, gasoline, or diesel in Switzerland after 2050, with some small exceptions.
“As a particularly affected Alpine country Switzerland has a vested interest in limiting climate change,” the government said.
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