List of Swiss places and communities that have declared a climate emergency
The list of Swiss places and municipalities that have declared a climate emergency includes - in chronological order - all Swiss municipalities, cities and cantons that have declared a climate emergency .
Community level
| # | City / municipality | Kt. | Climate emergency declaration on |
Remarks |
Climate Alliance member since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liestal | BL | Feb. 27, 2019 | On February 27, 2019, the residents' council of Liestal ( canton Basel-Landschaft ) passed a resolution on the climate emergency. The initiative obliges to consider the impact on the climate in all transactions. | |
| 2 | Olten | SO | 29th March 2019 | On March 29, 2019, the city of Olten ( Kt. SO ) declared a climate emergency. The aim here is to stop emitting greenhouse gases by 2030. | |
| 3 | Wil | SG | 16th May 2019 | On May 16, 2019, Wil ( Canton of St. Gallen ) declared a climate emergency. | |
| 4th | Bern | BE | May 27, 2019 | On May 27, 2019, the Bern municipal council declared a climate emergency, or at least pretended to be. | 2004 |
| 5 | Tuna | BE | June 27, 2019 | On June 27, 2019, the Thun City Council declared a climate emergency. | 1995 |
| 6th | Koeniz | BE | 16th September 2019 | On September 16, 2019, the large municipal council (parliament) declared the guideline “Climate emergency in the municipality of Köniz” to be significant with 25 votes to 12. | |
| 7th | Kriens | LU | 26th September 2019 | On September 26, 2019, the Kriens residents' council (legislature) decided on the climate emergency. | |
| 8th | Lugano | TI | October 6, 2019 | On October 6th, the city parliament of Lugano adopted a resolution on “emergenza climatica”. | |
| 9 | Locarno | TI | October 14, 2019 | On October 14, 2019, the city parliament of Locarno adopted a weakened resolution. A stronger application had previously been rejected. | |
| 10 | Burgdorf | BE | December 9, 2019 | On December 9, 2019, the city council of Burgdorf decided on the climate emergency at the request of the municipal council (executive). |
Canton level
| # | Canton | Climate emergency declaration on |
Remarks |
Climate Alliance member since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canton of Basel-Stadt | Feb. 20, 2019 | On February 20, 2019, the Grand Council of Basel (Kt. BS), the cantonal parliament of the third largest city in Switzerland, declared a “climate emergency”. This is not legally binding, but the resolution was passed with 71 votes in favor, 17 against and 6 abstentions. Baselstadt is the first Swiss regional authority to take such a decision. | 1993 |
| 2 | Canton of Vaud | 19th March 2019 | On March 19, 2019, the canton of Vaud declared a climate emergency with a large majority. SVP representatives in particular were skeptical . | |
| 3 | Canton of Jura | March 27, 2019 | On March 27, 2019, the parliament of the canton of Jura declared the climate emergency. | |
| 4th | Canton Zurich | May 13, 2019 | On May 13, 2019, the parliament of the canton of Zurich referred two proposals to the government council with the aim of declaring a climate emergency. | 1993 |
| 5 | Canton Bern | 4th June 2019 | On June 4, 2019, the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern does not want to declare a climate emergency, but give priority to all those business that can mitigate climate change. In addition, climate protection is to be anchored in the canton's constitution. | |
| 6th | Canton lucerne | June 24, 2019 | On June 24, 2019, the Lucerne Cantonal Council declared a climate emergency. |
The government council of the canton of Thurgau does not declare a climate emergency because it does not want to pursue a symbolic policy . Instead, he wants to set up a cantonal coordination office for "Climate Change" in order to work out specific climate protection goals from now on (May 17, 2019).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Members of the Climate Alliance: Municipalities. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Liestal is also officially concerned about the climate. In: Basellandschaftliche Zeitung. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Olten declares a climate emergency and should not emit any more greenhouse gases by 2030. In: Oltner Tagblatt. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
- ^ Gianni Amstutz: Wil proclaims the climate emergency. In: tagblatt.ch . May 16, 2019, accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Denise Brechbühl: The city of Bern also declares a climate emergency. In: nau.ch . May 27, 2019, accessed May 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Christoph Hämmann: Climate emergency according to the Bernese way. In: bernerzeitung.ch . August 2, 2019, accessed August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Gabriel Berger: Thun proclaims the climate emergency. In: bernerzeitung.ch . June 27, 2019, accessed August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ documents parliamentary sessions . Retrieved September 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Köniz Parliament declares a climate emergency , Der Bund, September 17, 2019
- ^ Stefan Dähler: City of Kriens proclaims a symbolic climate emergency. In: luzernerzeitung.ch . September 26, 2019, accessed September 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Lugano dichiara l'emergenza climatica. October 8, 2019, accessed November 4, 2019 (Italian).
- ↑ Emergenza climatica, a Locarno è un 'sì, ma ...' October 15, 2019, accessed on November 4, 2019 (Italian).
- ^ City of Burgdorf - city council meeting on December 9, 2019; Decisions. Retrieved June 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Larissa Rhyn, Daniel Gerny: Basel is the first Swiss city to declare a “climate emergency”. What does that mean? In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . February 20, 2019, accessed May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Le Grand Conseil vaudois déclare "l'urgence climatique". Radio Télévision Suisse, accessed on May 14, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Vaud Declare l'urgence climatique. In: Tribune de Genève. Retrieved May 14, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Le Parlement jurassien déclare l'état d'urgence climatique. Radio Fréquence Jura, accessed on May 14, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Zurich Cantonal Council wants to declare a climate emergency. In: Tages Anzeiger. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Bern debate on climate. June 4, 2019, accessed August 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Flurina Valsecchi, Alexander von Däniken: Special session: Lucerne Cantonal Council wants CO2 tax on flight tickets and has declared a climate emergency. In: luzernerzeitung.ch . June 24, 2019, accessed June 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Larissa Flammer: Thurgau waives a climate emergency - but the canton wants to develop an action plan and concrete climate protection goals. In: tagblatt.ch . May 17, 2019, accessed May 17, 2019 .