Swiss Climate Ranking Declined
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Social
Switzerland's climate protection rating has dropped because of itsinternational climate policy and because it has not sufficiently expanded into renewable sources like solar and wind energy
Switzerland declined from rank 8 to rank 11 in the 2015 results of the Climate Change Performance Index, compiled annually by theClimate Action Networks (CAN Europe)and development organisationGermanwatch. The results are presented at the United Nations Climate conference in Lima on Monday.
The ranking of 58 nations is led by Denmark, Sweden and Britain. Even Morocco is ahead of Switzerland because it has massively invested in solar and wind energy. Saudi Arabia is at the bottom of the ranking.
Despite its "good" overall performance, the authors of the report criticise Switzerland's efforts. Responsible for part of its poor performance are Switzerland's emissions from air transport, which make up 16% of its burden on the climate, according to Philip Gehri from WWF Switzerland.
"In Switzerland people fly twice as much as in neighbouring countries like Germany and France," Gehri explained. "And the majority of those flights are for leisure and not for business."
Switzerland also dropped in the ranking because its cabinet decided not to increase its greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2020, despite this being included in Swiss law. In 2015 the government will set a new reduction target for 2030.
Details can be see at Swissinfo.ch
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