Swiss government launches new climate strategy for agriculture
Under the new strategy, Swiss agriculture must produce in a way that is "adapted to the climate and local conditions" and achieve a self-sufficiency rate of at least 50%.
Keystone / Jean-christophe Bott
On Tuesday, the Swiss government launched its new climate strategy for agriculture. The document aims to make the food system more sustainable and strengthen food security by 2050.
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El Gobierno suizo lanza una nueva estrategia climática para la agricultura
The aim of the strategy is twofold: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector and to help the sector adapt to climate change, the Federal Office for Agriculture saidExternal link in a press release on Tuesday.
More concretely, the sector will need to produce in a way that is “adapted to the climate and local conditions” and achieve a self-sufficiency rate of at least 50%.
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In addition, any greenhouse gas emissions arising from the production of food for consumption by the Swiss population will have to be reduced by two-thirds per person compared to emissions levels in 2020. Greenhouse gas emissions from domestic agricultural production are to be reduced by at least 40% compared to 1990 levels.
The new strategy replaces the 2011 climate strategy of the federal agriculture office.
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