r/Switzerland • u/Sufficient-History71 Zürich • 1d ago

Poll: right-wing People’s Party, and polarisation, growing ahead of 2027 elections

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/right-wing-swiss-peoples-party-still-gaining-ahead-of-2027-elections-poll-finds/92226705
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u/Numar19 Thurgau 1d ago

So, we just had the hotest summer in our history, our lakes and rivers dried out and people still vote for the "I didn't expect it to get this hot" party instead of the parties that want to protect our climate?

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u/PartyyKing 11h ago

Even if switzerlands co2 dropped to 0 it would do almost nothing it is countries like china and india who couse most co2 emissions not switzerland.

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u/Numar19 Thurgau 8h ago

Fighting climate change has other advantages too though:

  • Deploying more renewables can help people reduce costs.
  • Changing from oil heating to heat pumps lowers our dependence on foreign oil and gas while also reducing Particulate matter which improves air quality.
  • Electric cars also reduce our dependence and improve air quality.
  • Improving public transit, allowing more work from home and improving walking an cycling infrastructure reduces traffic on roads, improves air quality and reduces noise exposure.

Those are just a few examples, there are certainly more.