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Climate Policies and their Economic Impact
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Switzerland has committed itself to achieving net-zero emissions by the year 2050. This raises questions about what instruments it can use to achieve this efficiently and effectively. How do these instruments work, and what impact do they have on the economy as a whole?

Based on our experience with the entire spectrum of climate protection instruments in Switzerland and various international analyses, we make recommendations for the selection and design of country-specific instruments. We analyzed existing instruments and determined their effectiveness and efficiency, along with their interaction with other instruments. We focus in particular on the economic impact  of climate change and political measures in our economic analyses.

We provide support with:

  • the Swiss emissions-trading system (EHS)
  • developing, validating and verifying compensation projects (emissions of fuel importers)
  • elaborating emissions requirements for passenger vehicles
  • providing cost-benefit analyses for climate measures
  • assessing the economic impact of climate measures (value added and employment analyses)
  • assessing the economic impact of climate change
  • assessing the costs of inaction
  • providing ex-ante and ex-post evaluations of climate policy instruments
  • providing labor market analyses
  • economic modeling of various climate policies and economic developments