Climate law divides Swiss voters ahead of referendum

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The Swiss government hopes voters will support a draft climate law aiming to cut emissions to net zero by 2050 as it seeks to comply with its global commitments after an earlier attempt failed.

. The proposal being voted in Sunday's referendum uses $3.2 billion CHF from the general budget over ten years to urge firms and consumers to switch to renewables.

Bern backs the law as do three of Switzerland's four main parties with only the right-wing people's party opposing. But the messages from the latter, which is the leading parliamentary force and has two seats in the seven-member ruling coalition including minister of energy and environment, have gained traction in the last month with support standing at around 56% in early June, according to a"For me, it's the minimum that Switzerland needs to do," said Swiss Green Party MP Delphine Klopfenstein Broggini. "...

Switzerland is warming at twice the global rate, melting once-mighty glaciers and creating new rock fall

 

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