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Rösti versus Pfister: A duel over climate policy (Swiss Press Text 2026, by Alex Tiefenbacher) - Swiss Press Award

Rösti gegen Pfister: Duell um die Klima­politik

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2026

Alex Tiefenbacher

Our climate laws are quite a patchwork – they contain three different ways of pricing CO2. Moreover, they only apply until the end of 2030. Less complexity from 2031 onwards would be welcome. Two systems are under discussion: the proposal by National Councillor Gerhard Pfister to extend the CO2 levy to all emissions, and the plans of Federal Councillor Albert Rösti for a second emissions trading system (ETS).

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