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Build cooler rather than retrofit at great cost?
Hot days make buildings and neighbourhoods a health and cost issue. Should heat protection become mandatory in new construction?
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Share local electricity: fair energy transition or new conflict?
Local electricity communities make it possible to share solar power and, in future, other renewable energy within a neighbourhood. That can make the energy transition tangible—or create new conflicts over costs, installations and participation.
47 completed participations
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Keep the lifts running – or rethink the mountain?
When small mountain railways and ski areas come under financial pressure, the issue is about more than slopes: jobs, regional services and the future scale of winter sport are all at stake.
195 completed participations
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Leave leaves on the ground: more nature or a less tidy park?
Many cities leave more fallen leaves in selected green spaces rather than removing them everywhere at once. That can reduce work and create habitats, but it also changes paths, safety and the look of a tidy park.
197 completed participations
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Water scarcity: voluntary action or clear rules?
When drinking water becomes scarce, appeals alone may no longer suffice: the Federal Council wants municipalities to prepare mandatory contingency plans. Should Switzerland set binding water rules earlier?
180 completed participations
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A glacier is retreating: what should Switzerland do?
The Aletsch Glacier has been retreating for years. It makes the climate crisis visible and confronts Switzerland with concrete choices about protection, adaptation and responsibility.
181 completed participations
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After the no: how should Switzerland secure its food supply?
The food initiative was clearly rejected on 27 September. Self-sufficiency, lower-resource diets and drinking-water protection remain political questions.
58 completed participations
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Can the climate strike regain momentum?
In 2019, the climate strike stood for a new youth movement; today it reaches far fewer people. After the hot summer, it is attempting a comeback under the slogan “No 50-degree summers”. What would it take for it to become a broad movement again?
155 completed participations
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Is Switzerland drying up? What should happen now?
Dry streams, record-low lakes and calls to save water: is “Switzerland is drying up” alarmist – or a clear signal to act?
22 completed participations
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Climate targets: incentives or binding rules?
Austria is debating a climate protection law without sanctions. Are incentives and funding enough, or does effective climate action also need binding rules?
129 completed participations
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