Readings from the other desks

The baseline is read through each steward’s lens, then once as a whole. Each lens is a projection of reviewed findings, not a separate argument. The other desks’ own editions of this subject are listed first, as cross-references, not copies.

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6.1The other desks’ editions of this subject

Federation: each desk writes its own edition for the subjects in its remit. Until a desk releases, its edition shows its frame and the reading this edition printed for it.

Desk	Edition	State
GCRI Systems Evidence	No edition of this subject at this desk in the 2026 Baseline cycle	Not in this cycle
GRF Public Deliberation	No edition of this subject at this desk in the 2026 Baseline cycle	Not in this cycle
GRA Capital Readiness	No edition of this subject at this desk in the 2026 Baseline cycle	Not in this cycle
Standards Progress	Outside this desk’s remit	Not in remit
Academy Capability	Outside this desk’s remit	Not in remit
Index Measurement	No edition of this subject at this desk in the 2026 Baseline cycle	Not in this cycle

6.2Three lenses

One edition, read by each steward. The lens of this site comes first.

GCRI · KEY T

Technical Truth

The evidence supports a coupled reading of Switzerland’s risk: Alpine ice and snow set the water, power and slope hazards together, and public finances are strong. Evidence is strongest for emissions, electricity and the Blatten event, and weakest for food self-sufficiency, groundwater storage and lifeline continuity.

CLI-001 · ENE-004 · WAT-005 · SYS-012

GRF · KEY M

Public Meaning

For most people risk arrives as a dry summer, a hot week or a closed road. The baseline asks that public debate weigh how age and place change who carries a heatwave or a slope failure.

HLT-009 · CLI-007 · CLI-008

GRA · KEY F

Capital Meaning

Readiness implications only. Insured hazard losses sit with a private pool, and the IMF frames fiscal room¹⁶²⁸. These show where finance-readiness evidence will matter. Nothing here is advice, a rating or a recommendation.

FIN-010 · CLI-007

NEXUS

Synthesis

Switzerland holds long weather, glacier and energy records, and thinner evidence on groundwater, reserves and service continuity. The 2027 programme should test the dry-year, reservoir and winter chain, bind a heat-mortality series for 2025 and bind the self-sufficiency rate.

SYS-012 · A-01 · A-02

6.3Standards, Academy and steward contributions

How the Nexus Standards drafts, the Risk Academy and the three stewards feed each quarterly edition for Switzerland. The standards are preparatory working drafts (October 2026) and are cited as drafts, never as adopted standards.

Table 6.1The quarterly rhythm every edition follows
Quarter	Edition	Question	Boundary
Q1	State and Agenda	What matters this year, and what is the starting position?	observed baseline stays distinct from planned work
Q2	Evidence and Build	What new evidence and capability have been developed?	a configured capability is not a validated result
Q3	Stress Test and Readiness	What do scenarios and tests reveal?	simulated loss or performance is not observed impact
Q4	Annual Synthesis and Renewal	What did the year establish, and what changes next?	release follows review, not event publicity deadlines

Table 6.2Who contributes what each quarter
Steward or body	Role	Contribution route
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI Canada)	Lead Institution and Consortium Secretariat; publisher of record; technical truth (key T)	science and practice communities · GCRI gateway
The Global Risks Forum (GRF)	leadership, dialogue and the Universe programme; public meaning (key M)	policy, Universe and national adoption · GRF gateway
The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)	finance, insurance and development readiness; capital meaning (key F)	finance and insurance · GRA gateway
Nexus Standards	preparatory drafts on vocabulary, hazards, indicators and methods	Standards site · working groups HAZ, IND, MTH, FIN, AI
Risk Academy	learning pathways tied to the agenda questions	Academy gateway · learning by review
Switzerland	national pathway: Desk, Leadership Council, Consortium, Working Groups	national Commons room

Standards drafts used in this edition

Risk vocabulary NRS-C1 (424 terms) for terms in the glossary
Hazard atlas NHS-1 1.1.0 (905 hazards in 120 families) for risk objects
Seven risk classes: global, catastrophic, existential, emerging, planetary, exponential, frontier-tech

Standards calendar to watch

Founding calls from 20 October 2026; working groups meet from 5 November 2026
Inaugural Global Standards Council session, 12 January 2027
Quarterly reviews in March, June, September and December, aligned with each edition

6.4GCRI reading: the model card

GCRI’s reading of this edition is its model card: what the national model is, what it computes and where it stops. It is printed in full in Annex A, with the methods it belongs to. Annex A, methodology

6.5Global Risks Forum reading: editorial essays

Four signed essays by the Reports editorial team set out the positions this edition takes. They are interpretation, labelled as such; the evidence they draw on is in the findings register.

Switzerland’s water, power and slope hazards trace back to the same snow and glaciers. The baseline treats drought, hydropower and glacier loss as one coupled problem, not as separate sector issues.

EDITORIAL ESSAY · 01

Ice and snow set the whole system

A glacier too small to appear in most statistics buried most of a village in a day. Planning for slow warming without sudden slope failure leaves a gap.

EDITORIAL ESSAY · 02

A village shows what a warming slope can do

Hydropower and nuclear power carry most generation, and reservoirs ran low in the 2026 summer. Winter imports and storage are the evidence still missing.

EDITORIAL ESSAY · 03

Electricity is a winter question

Older residents now outnumber the young, and heat deaths are monitored each summer. Every risk object in this edition is read through that lens.

EDITORIAL ESSAY · 04

Age sets the size of the buffer

6.6Global Risks Alliance reading: q1 2027 readiness pack

The registers that open the first operational quarter. At baseline each is initialised from this edition.

Table 6.3Q1 2027 readiness pack
Item	Register	State at baseline	First Q1 2027 entry
E1	National risk state delta	baseline set by this edition	changes against the baseline
E2	WEFH+B state delta	five system readings set	indicator updates and freshness
E3	Agenda and Portfolio movement	eight agenda items · 7 proposed objects	admission decisions
E4	NWG delivery register	no groups yet	first monthly outputs
E5	NNC capability register	membership opens in Q1 2027	first contributions
E6	NLC questions and challenges	none yet	first challenge log
E7	Foundry technical state	environment prepared	first sealed cut
E8	Publication candidates	twelve findings carried forward	PUBLISH · HOLD dispositions
E9	Universe readiness	one candidate mission	admission and role spine
E10	Correction register	none	first correction cycle

Publication dispositions

Publish
Hold
Needs evidence
Restricted
Superseded

6.7Nexus Standards reading: standards and regulatory watch

Instruments that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

IN FORCE
ADOPTED
SUBMITTED
UNDER REVIEW
PUBLISHED · VOLUNTARY

Table 6.4Standards and regulatory watch
Instrument	Body	Scope	Status	Relevance
Paris Agreement · second contribution, at least 65% below 1990 by 2035 as a 106.8 MtCO₂e budget for 2031–2035⁴⁴⁹	UNFCCC · Switzerland	national	SUBMITTED 2025	emissions pathway
Federal Act on Climate Protection Targets, Innovation and Strengthening Energy Security (SR 814.310)³⁸	Confederation	national	IN FORCE 2025	climate governance
CO₂ Act (SR 641.71)³⁹	Confederation	national	IN FORCE · REVISION STATUS NOT VERIFIED	emissions measures
Electricity supply act adopted by popular vote on 9 June 2024⁴⁰	Confederation	national	ADOPTED 2024 · NOT VERIFIED	renewable electricity
Nuclear Energy Act (SR 732.1) and the proposal to lift the ban on new plants⁴¹⁶¹	Confederation	national	IN FORCE · AMENDMENT PENDING	power mix
Water Protection Act (SR 814.20)⁴²	Confederation	national	IN FORCE	water quality
Forest Act (SR 921.0)⁴³	Confederation	national	IN FORCE	forest protection
Nature and Heritage Protection Act (SR 451)⁴⁴	Confederation	national	IN FORCE	biodiversity
Hydraulic Engineering Act (SR 721.100)⁴⁵	Confederation	national	IN FORCE	flood protection
Long-Term Climate Strategy 2050⁵⁹	Federal Council	national	PUBLISHED 2021 · NOT VERIFIED	net-zero pathway
Kunming-Montreal Framework⁴⁸	CBD	international	ADOPTED 2022	30by30
Sendai Framework⁴⁷	UNDRR	international	ADOPTED 2015	disaster risk reduction

Changed since 2024

The Federal Council signed the electricity agreement with the European Union on 2 March 2026 and sent its dispatch to Parliament in March 2026¹⁰
The Federal Council adopted a 2026–2031 adaptation strategy on 28 October 2026, after evidence close³²
The national risk analysis was updated in 2026 with 44 hazard dossiers²⁴

To watch in 2027

Parliamentary treatment of the proposal to lift the ban on new nuclear plants, reported with conflicting status at evidence close⁶¹
The new CO₂ Act for 2030 to 2040, announced for consultation³⁴
Parliament’s decisions on drought aid for forests and farms³³

6.8Risk Academy reading: literature and evidence review, science and assessments

The review behind this edition covers peer-reviewed science, national and international assessments and the institutional reports that bind its findings. Full systematic reviews begin in Q1 2027 for each agenda item.

Review protocol

Question: What does the published evidence establish about Switzerland’s coupled water, energy, food, health and biodiversity risks?
Sources searched: peer-reviewed literature; national and international assessments; official releases; industry loss data
Window: releases available at evidence close, 30 September 2026
Selection: sources that bind or contextualise a finding in this edition
Next step: systematic reviews for agenda items A-01 to A-05 in Q1 2027

Table 6.5Science and assessments
Reference	Type	Year	Role	Used for
Lee and Romero (eds.)⁴⁶	assessment	2023	context	forcing
McElwee et al. (eds.)⁵⁰	assessment	2024	framework	nexus interlinkages
Zscheischler et al.⁵¹	journal article	2018	framework	compound events
WMO and ECMWF European report³⁵	assessment	2026	supports	regional extremes
Vicedo-Cabrera et al.¹⁸	journal article	2023	supports	heat deaths
Foundational Edition⁵²	Reports	2026	framework	method
Global baseline⁵³	Reports	2026	framework	global anchor

Table 6.6Institutional reports
Reference	Issuer	Year	Role	Used for
Second contribution⁴	UNFCCC	2025	supports	targets
Climate Action Tracker assessment⁵	Climate Action Tracker	2025	context	ambition
Article IV press release²⁸	IMF	2026	context	fiscal
Energy policy review⁶⁰	IEA	2023	context	energy
Climate risk analysis⁶²	FOEN	2025	context	risk
Forest Report²⁵	FOEN and WSL	2025	supports	forests

Table 6.7Official statistics and national sources
Reference	Issuer	Year	Role	Used for
Population release¹	Federal Statistical Office	2025	supports	profile
Emissions release³	FOEN	2024	supports	emissions
Energy statistics⁶	SFOE	2025	supports	power
National risk analysis²⁴	Federal Office for Civil Protection	2025	supports	hazards
Heat monitoring¹⁷	Swiss TPH for the federal government	2024	supports	health

Table 6.8Industry, loss data and international sources
Reference	Issuer	Year	Role	Used for
Glacier collapse fact sheet¹⁴	ETH Zurich VAW	2025	supports	slope hazard
Drought coverage¹⁹²⁰²²	FOEN and SLF as reported	2026	supports	water
Reservoir reports⁸⁹	SFOE as reported	2026	supports	power
Insured loss report¹⁶	insurers’ pool as reported	2026	supports	finance

Where the evidence agrees

Switzerland is warming faster than the global average and extremes are intensifying⁴¹¹³⁵
Compound events raise risk beyond the sum of their parts⁵¹
Glaciers have lost about a quarter of their volume since 2015¹³

Where it is unsettled

How much of the 2035 target will be met at home and how much abroad⁵
Whether and when new nuclear plants can be built⁶¹
How much heat mortality is recorded and reported each year¹⁷

Notes

Numbers are the edition’s reference numbers, so a note reads the same in every chapter. The full list, with every source and its licence, is in Annex C. Annex C, references

16Insurers’ natural hazard pool (ed.), annual financial statements: Blatten landslide, total insured damage CHF 255 million (CHF 240 million within the pool; more than 80% of insured sums for total losses paid after four months), as reported by swissinfo.ch, 26 May 2026. Observation year 2025. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/blatten-landslide-caused-damage-totalling-255-million-francs/91473640, accessed 2026-11-03. Press report of pool statements.back
28International Monetary Fund (ed.), Press Release No. 26/281: IMF Executive Board concludes 2026 Article IV consultation with Switzerland (2025 growth 1.4% unadjusted; inflation 0.2%; current account 6.4% of GDP). IMF, Washington, DC, 1 September 2026. Observation year 2025. https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/09/01/pr26281-switzerland-imf-executive-board-concludes-2026-article-iv-consultation, accessed 2026-11-03.back
4Switzerland (ed.), Switzerland’s second nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement 2031–2035. Federal Office for the Environment for the UNFCCC, Bern, January 2025. Observation years 2022–2035. https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/2025-01/Switzerland%20second%20NDC%202031-2035.pdf, accessed 2026-11-03.back
49UNVERIFIED, not opened: UNFCCC (ed.), Paris Agreement. United Nations, Paris, 2015. Observation year 2015. From memory.back
38UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Confederation (ed.), Federal Act on Climate Protection Targets, Innovation and Strengthening Energy Security (Climate and Innovation Act), SR 814.310. Fedlex, Bern, adopted 30 September 2022; in force 1 January 2025 per [4]. Observation year 2022. Bibliographic details from memory; check against the Fedlex text.back
39UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Confederation (ed.), Federal Act on the Reduction of CO₂ Emissions (CO₂ Act), SR 641.71, as revised for the period to 2030. Fedlex, Bern, 2011 and later revisions. Observation year 2024. Bibliographic details from memory; revision status not verified.back
40UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Confederation (ed.), Federal Act on a Secure Electricity Supply from Renewable Energy Sources, accepted in the popular vote of 9 June 2024. Fedlex, Bern, 2024. Observation year 2024. Date and vote from search results only; the SFOE page opened gave no result figure.back
41UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Confederation (ed.), Nuclear Energy Act, SR 732.1. Fedlex, Bern, 2003 and later amendments. Observation year 2003. Bibliographic details from memory.back
61UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Parliament (ed.), proceedings on the counter-proposal to the “Blackout stoppen” initiative and the lifting of the ban on new nuclear plants, 2026. Bern, 2026. Observation year 2026. Press reports seen in search results conflicted on the latest vote; no status is asserted.back
42UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Confederation (ed.), Federal Act on the Protection of Waters (Water Protection Act), SR 814.20. Fedlex, Bern, 1991. Observation year 1991. Bibliographic details from memory.back
43UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Confederation (ed.), Federal Act on Forest (Forest Act), SR 921.0. Fedlex, Bern, 1991. Observation year 1991. Bibliographic details from memory.back
44UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Confederation (ed.), Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage, SR 451. Fedlex, Bern, 1966. Observation year 1966. Bibliographic details from memory.back
45UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Confederation (ed.), Federal Act on Hydraulic Engineering, SR 721.100. Fedlex, Bern, 1991. Observation year 1991. Bibliographic details from memory.back
59UNVERIFIED, not opened: Swiss Federal Council (ed.), Switzerland’s Long-Term Climate Strategy 2050. Swiss Confederation, Bern, 2021. Observation year 2021. From memory.back
48UNVERIFIED, not opened: Convention on Biological Diversity (ed.), Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Decision 15/4. CBD Secretariat, Montreal, 2022. Observation year 2022. From memory.back
47UNVERIFIED, not opened: UNDRR (ed.), Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. UNDRR, Geneva, 2015. Observation year 2015. From memory.back
10Swiss Federal Office of Energy (ed.), Electricity agreement Switzerland–EU (signed 2 March 2026; dispatch to Parliament March 2026). SFOE, Bern, 2026. Observation year 2026. https://www.bfe.admin.ch/en/electricity-agreement-switzerland-eu, accessed 2026-11-03.back
32POST-CLOSE, context only: Federal Council (ed.), “Le Conseil fédéral adopte la nouvelle stratégie d’adaptation et des mesures relatives à la canicule et à la sécheresse” (strategy 2026–2031; 30 areas of action; 56 measures). Swiss Confederation, Bern, 28 October 2026. Observation year 2026. https://www.admin.ch/fr/newnsb/fb6zlfWM0Cst, accessed 2026-11-03. Published after evidence close.back
24Federal Office for Civil Protection (BABS) (ed.), Katastrophen und Notlagen Schweiz 2025: Bericht zur nationalen Risikoanalyse (KNS 2025; 44 hazard dossiers; pandemic and prolonged power shortage the largest risks). BABS, Bern, February 2026. Observation year 2025. https://www.babs.admin.ch/dam/de/sd-web/PpZZg4eroKXo/KNS-2025-Risikobericht-final_de.pdf, accessed 2026-11-03. Report read in part (summary and results chapter).back
34A. Rösti, head of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, interview statements on the 2030 climate target and a new CO₂ Act for 2030 to 2040, as reported by blue News, 6 August 2026. Observation year 2026. https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/rosti-switzerland-will-likely-not-meet-its-2030-climate-target-li.3553896, accessed 2026-11-03. Press report of a ministerial statement.back
33Federal Council (ed.), drought and heat aid package (CHF 54 million in interest-free operating loans for farm businesses in 2026; CHF 17.5 million more for forests in 2027), as reported by Keystone-SDA on blue News, 26 August 2026. Observation year 2026. https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/federal-council-puts-together-a-multi-million-aid-package-to-combat-drought-and-heat-li.3576293, accessed 2026-11-03. Press report; Parliament decides on the funding.back
46UNVERIFIED, not opened: H. Lee and J. Romero (eds.), Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC. IPCC, Geneva, 2023. Observation year 2023. From memory.back
50UNVERIFIED, not opened: P. D. McElwee, P. A. Harrison, T. L. van Huysen et al. (eds.), Thematic Assessment Report on the Interlinkages among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health. IPBES secretariat, Bonn, 2024. Observation year 2024. From memory.back
51UNVERIFIED, not opened: J. Zscheischler, S. Westra, B. J. J. M. van den Hurk et al., “Future climate risk from compound events,” Nature Climate Change, vol. 8, pp. 469–477, 2018. Observation year 2018. From memory.back
35World Meteorological Organization and ECMWF Copernicus (eds.), European State of the Climate 2025 (Europe the fastest-warming continent; net glacier mass loss in all European regions), press release of 29 April 2026. WMO, Geneva, 2026. Observation year 2025. https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/european-state-of-climate-2025-record-heatwaves-from-mediterranean-arctic-while-glaciers-shrink-and, accessed 2026-11-03.back
18A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera, E. de Schrijver, D. L. Schumacher, M. S. Ragettli, E. M. Fischer and S. I. Seneviratne, heat-related mortality in Switzerland, summer 2022 (623 deaths, 3.5% of deaths; about 60% attributable to human-induced warming), Environmental Research Letters, 2023, as summarised in a University of Bern release, 4 July 2023. Observation year 2022. https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2023/media_releases_2023/global_warming_caused_60_percent_of_swiss_heat_deaths_in_the_summer_of_2022/index_eng.html, accessed 2026-11-03.back
52S. Valadbaygi (ed.), Reports: The Foundational Edition, Volumes I and II. Reports series, Edition 2026–2030, V1.0. GCRI for the Nexus Consortium, Toronto, 2026.back
53S. Valadbaygi (ed.), Global Systems Risk & Resilience Report 2026: Baseline Edition. GCRI for the Nexus Consortium, Toronto, 2026.back
5Climate Action Tracker (ed.), Switzerland: 2035 NDC assessment (rating insufficient; share of the target met abroad not disclosed; submission on 29 January 2025). Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute, February 2025. Observation year 2025. https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/switzerland/2035-ndc/, accessed 2026-11-03.back
60UNVERIFIED, not opened: International Energy Agency (ed.), Switzerland 2023 Energy Policy Review. IEA, Paris, 2023. Observation year 2023. From memory. Source for the winter import and flexibility context.back
62UNVERIFIED, not opened: FOEN (ed.), Climate Risk Analysis for Switzerland (UW-2502-E). FOEN, Bern, 2025. Observation year 2025. Named in search results only; used as context for the 2026–2031 adaptation strategy.back
25FOEN and WSL (eds.), Forest Report 2025: Development, Condition and Use of Swiss Forests (1.3 million hectares; 7% of forest area protected by 2022; goal of 10% by 2030). FOEN and WSL, Bern and Birmensdorf, 2025. Observation year 2022. https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/en/sd-web/VL0obw1MJTg3/waldbericht_2025.pdf, accessed 2026-11-03. Synthesis chapter read.back
1Federal Council (ed.), “Population growth slowed slightly in 2025”, release on final STATPOP results of the Federal Statistical Office (permanent resident population 9,127,100 on 31 December 2025, up 0.8%). Swiss Confederation, Neuchâtel, 20 August 2026. Observation year 2025. https://www.admin.ch/en/newnsb/eHho7S2A2revQdhyPSYmt, accessed 2026-11-03.back
3Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) (ed.), “Inventaire des gaz à effet de serre pour l’année 2024: légère baisse des émissions” (40.1 MtCO₂e, 27.3% below 1990; buildings 8.8, industry 8.9, transport 13.4 MtCO₂e; international aviation and maritime 5.5 MtCO₂e). Swiss Confederation, Bern, 13 April 2026. Observation year 2024. https://www.admin.ch/fr/newnsb/0x0fdVaborNCilTCosvky, accessed 2026-11-03.back
6Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) (ed.), Energy Consumption in Switzerland 2025, extract from the Swiss Overall Energy Statistics 2025 (ENSTAT). SFOE, Bern, June 2026. Observation year 2025. https://pubdb.bfe.admin.ch/en/publication/download/12648, accessed 2026-11-03.back
17Swiss TPH (ed.), HiMOMO: Monitoring heat-related deaths (542 deaths May to September 2023, 95% interval 364 to 715; 326 deaths May to September 2024, 95% interval 171 to 471). Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, for the Federal Office for the Environment, 2023–2026. Observation years 2023–2024. https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/monitoring-heat-related-deaths, accessed 2026-11-03.back
14D. Farinotti, M. Huss, M. Jacquemart and M. Werder (eds.), Fact sheet for the now-collapsed Birchgletscher, Switzerland, document 88028-VAW-2025-06. VAW, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 2 June 2025. Observation year 2025. https://raonline.ch/pages/edu/pdfNW/VAW_BirchgletscherFS2025.pdf, accessed 2026-11-03.back
19FOEN (ed.), statement to Keystone-SDA on drought: historic lows at eleven stations in July 2026; about one-fifth of stations at a record low for the period from 1 April to 31 July. Published by blue News, 13 August 2026. Observation year 2026. https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/drought-causes-swiss-water-levels-to-drop-to-record-lows-li.3561545, accessed 2026-11-03. Press report of a federal statement.back
20L. Jorio (ed.), “Drought in Switzerland: Europe’s water tower runs dry” (Lake Zurich lowest since records began in 1951 on 19 August 2026; Lake Constance 394.97 m on 11 August, 27 cm below the previous 1991–2020 low; Rhine at Basel in July below summer 2003). swissinfo.ch, 21 August 2026. Observation year 2026. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-adaptation/drought-in-switzerland-europes-water-tower-runs-dry/91913797, accessed 2026-11-03. Press report; FOEN is the cited data source.back
22K. F. Brandt and S. Pasino (eds.), “How much water is left under Switzerland? Nobody can say yet” (more than 80% of drinking water from larger underground sources; 42 monitored springs; whole country at the highest drought danger level on 6 August 2026). swissinfo.ch, 24 August 2026. Observation year 2026. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-solutions/how-much-water-is-left-under-switzerland-nobody-can-say-yet/91915172, accessed 2026-11-03. Press report; the federal environment office is the cited source.back
8SRF and swissinfo.ch (eds.), “Swiss reservoir water levels lowest in 20 years” (46% full, 16.4 points below the 20-year average, per the SFOE weekly report; reservoirs cover about 20% of winter-half demand). swissinfo.ch, 17 July 2026. Observation year 2026. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-adaptation/swiss-reservoir-water-levels-lowest-in-20-years/91760665, accessed 2026-11-03. Press report of SFOE figures.back
9Keystone-SDA (ed.), “Swiss reservoirs, which are relatively low, must hope for a wet autumn” (42.7% full, 15.1 points below the 20-year average per the SFOE; Valais holds about 45% of storage). swissinfo.ch, 9 July 2026. Observation year 2026. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-adaptation/swiss-reservoirs-which-are-relatively-low-must-hope-for-a-wet-autumn/91724015, accessed 2026-11-03. Press report of SFOE figures.back
11Federal Council (ed.), “Climate change particularly pronounced in Switzerland”, release on the Swiss Climate Scenarios CH2025 with MeteoSwiss and ETH Zurich (about +4.9 °C locally at 3 °C global warming; summer drought 44% more intense; zero-degree line up 550 m). Swiss Confederation, Bern, 4 November 2025. Observation year 2025. https://www.admin.ch/de/newnsb/COnEkDbkoyff3Q632k9kk, accessed 2026-11-03.back
13ETH Zurich (ed.), Swiss glaciers lost almost 3% of their volume in 2025 and about a quarter since 2015 (GLAMOS monitoring, Swiss Commission for Cryosphere Observation), as published by ScienceDaily, 2 October 2025. ETH Zurich, 2025. Observation year 2025. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251001092211.htm, accessed 2026-11-03.back

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Valadbaygi, S. (Ed.). (2026). Chapter 6: Readings from the other desks. In Switzerland Systems Risk and Resilience Report 2026: The State of Switzerland’s Interdependent Systems (Baseline Edition 2026, Report No. NR-COUNTRY-CHE-2026-BASELINE) [Draft under review]. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI).

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`buddyx_dark_mode`browser storage	Preferences and functionalDisplay preferences	Until you change it	First party
`buddyx_color_mode_against`browser storage	Preferences and functionalDisplay preferences	Until you change it	First party
`nexus.a11y`browser storage	Preferences and functionalDisplay preferences	Until you change it	First party
`nexus.dock`browser storage	Preferences and functionalDisplay preferences	Until you change it	First party
`bp-activity`browser storage	Strictly necessaryCommunity directories (BuddyPress)	As the provider sets it	First party
`bp-groups`browser storage	Strictly necessaryCommunity directories (BuddyPress)	As the provider sets it	First party
`bp-members`browser storage	Strictly necessaryCommunity directories (BuddyPress)	As the provider sets it	First party
`bp-blogs`browser storage	Strictly necessaryCommunity directories (BuddyPress)	As the provider sets it	First party
`bp-messages`browser storage	Strictly necessaryCommunity directories (BuddyPress)	As the provider sets it	First party