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Effects of Climate Change for Switzerland

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In the NZZ, Christian Speicher summarizes expected consequences of climate change for Switzerland by 2050–2060. Mean temperatures exceed the 1980–2009 average by 1.6–2.9 degrees Celsius. The temperature increase is more pronounced in Summer than in Winter. But ski resorts below 2000m are no longer competitive. Less precipitation in Summer, maybe more in Winter. More extreme weather events. Increased need for water storage and conservation.

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In the NZZ, Christian Speicher summarizes expected consequences of climate change for Switzerland by 2050–2060.

  • Mean temperatures exceed the 1980–2009 average by 1.6–2.9 degrees Celsius.
  • The temperature increase is more pronounced in Summer than in Winter. But ski resorts below 2000m are no longer competitive.
  • Less precipitation in Summer, maybe more in Winter.
  • More extreme weather events.
  • Increased need for water storage and conservation.
Dirk Niepelt
Dirk Niepelt is Director of the Study Center Gerzensee and Professor at the University of Bern. A research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London), CESifo (Munich) research network member and member of the macroeconomic committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik, he served on the board of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics and was an invited professor at the University of Lausanne as well as a visiting professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University.

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