askswitzerland

I personally try to live a minimal lifestyle. I'm concerned about this part of the Abstimmungstext:

Art. 6 Förderung von neuartigen Technologien und Prozessen 1 Der Bund sichert Unternehmen bis zum Jahr 2030 Finanzhilfen zu für die Anwendung von neuartigen Technologien und Prozessen, die der Umsetzung der Fahrpläne nach Artikel 5 Absatz 2 oder einzelner Massnahmen davon dienen.

I like the idea of the Klimagesetz. But I'm concerned that when companies buy new technology, they receive money from the Bund to do so. That money then goes to the companies that research and produce these "new technologies and processes". I really wonder if the Bundesräte, Parlamentarier and politicians have invested in these companies previous to the election. So the overall flow of the money is from us taxpayers to the investors of those companies that produce the "new technologies". Also we are assuming companies will not abuse these free money handouts and buy cheap new technologies and pocket the rest. Maybe I'm being paranoid but companies are always greedy.

I think massively expanding solar in a way that helps regular people would be great. Help normal people generate their own energy and let them actually save money from helping to transition to renewables. This is especially important to reach the rural people that often live in houses and are sceptical.

Another important aspect would be to increase the density of public transport. In most rural places people just have to own a car and use it because public transport is not reliable at all. If you just tell these people to not use their cars it won't help at all.

Seperate bike routes would also help and would be great for cyclists and car drivers as they would make it safer for everyone.

Personally I try to use public transport or a bike as much as possible. I also try to reduce my meat consumption. But in the end those decisions help very little and the focus should be on transport and companies. The regular people do not produce as much CO2 as corporations.

Individually:

• Do a personal carbon footprint assessment. This will tell you what to focus on, if anything. I think the current mean footprint in Switzerland is around 12t/person/year. We need to get down to 1.5t...
• Do the necessary changes: insulate your house, renounce plane travel and meat, see if you can improve your personal transportation by getting an electric bike, public transport, moving or, if all else fails, getting a small electric car.

On a political level:

• Continue investing in renewable energy and/or nuclear
• Create an efficient carbon tax, ideally together with the EU
• Enact restrictive regulations, forbid certain wasteful activities or goods, limit the size of cars, mandate performant new buildings, etc.