Swiss Environment Minister Albert Rösti signed emissions reduction agreements with Chile and Tunisia in Dubai on Saturday. The resulting CO2 reductions in the two countries will count as progress towards Switzerland’s climate goals.
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كوب 28: سويسرا توقّع اتفاقيات لخفض الانبعاثات مع تشيلي وتونس
Both sides would benefit from the agreements, the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) wrote on SundayExternal link. The emissions saved in Chile and Tunisia as a result of the agreements can be counted towards Switzerland’s reduction in fossil fuel use.
It makes no difference to the climate where CO2 is reduced, Rösti told Swiss public radio and television SRF. Emissions could be reduced more quickly with such projects abroad than with additional difficult and expensive measures in Switzerland.
At the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, an interim assessment was made of progress made in implementing the Paris Agreement. According to information provided by the FOEN, Switzerland has campaigned for all countries to contribute fairly to the financing of climate change fallout in poor countries.
According to SRF, Rösti travelled to Dubai with two objectives: he wanted to show what Switzerland has already achieved and wanted to make it clear that countries with high emissions are expected to co-finance change. The Environment Minister went on to say that he would not be imposing any bans.
In the plenary session of the conference, Rösti said that a way had to be found to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels. In an interview with SRF, the minister justified the government’s seemingly contradictory recent decision to continue subsidising diesel and petrol for farmers and ski lift operators. He said that additional taxation would place a greater burden on those affected, meaning that they would no longer have the money to build – for example – solar power plants.
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