Swiss Environment Minister Albert Rösti signed emissions reduction agreements with Chile and Tunisia in Dubai on Saturday. The resulting CO2 reductions in the two countries will count as progress towards Switzerland’s climate goals.
Both sides would benefit from the agreements, the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) wrote on Sunday. The emissions saved in Chile and Tunisia as a result of the agreements can be counted towards Switzerland’s reduction in fossil fuel use.
It makes no difference to the climate where CO2 is reduced, Rösti told Swiss public radio and television SRF. Emissions could be reduced more quickly with such projects abroad than with additional difficult and expensive measures in Switzerland. ...
I don’t know what to think about such a system.
In a way any reduction is good, but it’s also as if we were paying the poors to get rid of our pollution.