Switzerland

This article reports on a lawsuit being made by a group Swiss women who are taking their government to European Court of Human Rights, over claim that its failure to act on climate change is violating human rights. Read more

Tiffanie Chan and Catherine Higham explore the implications of ‘net zero legislation’ on one key stakeholder group whose role in the transition remains a hot topic for debate – private companies. Read more

Cooperative behavior is essential for societies to thrive and for humanity to address local and global social dilemmas. This paper combines several large-scale surveys with different strategies for identifying trust, to shed new light on the determinants of cooperative behavior, including that needed to advance progress on climate change mitigation. Read more

This paper investigates the role of ‘social spillovers’ in the adoption of new technologies. The authors find that the French-German language border in Switzerland acts as a barrier to social interactions and, eventually, to the adoption of new technologies – in this case solar PV. Read more

This research finds that households, businesses and farms are more likely to install solar panels if others in their neighbourhood... Read more

Many people are against a garbage tax even though it often works. We study how a Supreme Court decision, mandating... Read more