Swissinfo climate scientist survey 2025

Key takeaways –

1. 60% of Swiss climate scientists are more pessimistic about the policymaker’s willingness than they were 10 years ago. Only 15% are more optimistic.

2. 76% believe that climate change will negatively effect Switzerland to a very high degree. 22% believe that it’ll negatively effect only to a limited extent.

3. 38% believe that fossil fuel bans are the most effective solution to reducing solutions while 37% believe it is the CO2 taxes.(Scientists could only choose 2)

4. 81% strongly agree that Switzerland should lead the world given it’s wealth and emissions. (Quite interesting when compared to reddit where China and India are thrown in like wrench in the works for every conversation on Europe/Switzerland’s responsibility for a green transition)

5. Only 9% believe that nuclear energy has the greatest potential to meet climate goals. (A typical right wing retort used to downplay their own role in exacerbating the crisis)

6. Economic interests and lobbying (47%) and lack of political will (35%) are the greatest barrier to solving the climate crisis today according to the Swiss climate scientists.