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Switzerland 2026

سوئیس

Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera) enters 2027 with 9.13 million residents, and people aged 65 or over (about 1.81 million) now outnumber those under 20 (about 1.80 million). Its risks come from mountains and from water.

یافته‌ها
12
each with its status and source
Sectors with findings
5 of 6
Infrastructure not assessed
Risk objects
4
order carries no rank
منابع
62
Evidence close 30 September 2026

01 · Readings

Switzerland in six readings.

Six readings that frame the Switzerland baseline, and the eight questions this edition answers, each with its status and source.

  • 9.13millionpopulation, 31 December 2025 [1]
  • 1.81millionpeople aged 65+, provisional, 2025 [2]
  • 40.1MtCO₂egreenhouse gases, 2024 [3]
  • 55.5%hydropower share of generation, 2025 [6]
  • 7%forest area protected, 2022 [25]
  • 1.4%GDP growth, 2025 [30]

02 · Sectors

Six sectors, one hexagon.

Water first, then Energy, Infrastructure, Food, Health and Biodiversity. Each count is the findings of this edition in that sector: coverage of the evidence, never a score. Infrastructure is not assessed: the edition holds no Infrastructure finding and its coupling matrix does not assess it.

  1. WATآب1 finding

    ≈20% Monitoring stations at a record low for the season, 1 April to 31 July 2026, 2026. گزارش‌شده

    Source of Alpine rivers; 97% of people use safely managed drinking water; record-low flows and lakes in 2026.

  2. ENEانرژی2 findings

    −22.5% Change in domestic hydropower output, 2025 on 2024, 2025. گزارش‌شده

    Hydropower 55.5% and nuclear 27.2% of generation; all gas imported; reservoirs low in July 2026.

  3. INFزیرساختnot assessed

    Rail, road and river navigation depend on water levels and stable slopes; wider networks not mapped.

  4. FOOغذا1 finding

    Not bound FSO and FOAG · blocker: official release not opened Self-sufficiency rate of food supply, n/a. Not bound

    Farm and pasture stress in 2026; self-sufficiency rate not bound.

  5. HLTسلامت1 finding

    326 deaths Heat-attributable deaths, May to September 2024, 2024. گزارش‌شده

    Heat deaths 326 in 2024 and 542 in 2023; people aged 65+ outnumber under-20s.

  6. BIOتنوع زیستی1 finding

    7% Forest area designated as protected area, 2022. گزارش‌شده

    About a third of species and nearly half of habitat types threatened; 7% of forest protected.

Outside the six sectors: Climate forcing 4, Finance 1, Systemic 1.

03 · Hazard exposure

The hazards this edition reads.

The edition’s own risk objects, in its order, each read across driver, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, cascade and horizon. The hexagon marks the sectors the cascade reaches; the domain beside each is an editorial reading of its hazard words.

  • RSK-CHE-CLI-001

    Dry year with low reservoirs and low river flows

    گزارش‌شدهEQL 4

    محرک
    snow deficit, dry spring and heat across the Plateau and the Alps
    مواجهه
    hydropower, river and lake levels, pastures, forests
    آسیب‌پذیری
    winter import dependence; thin groundwater monitoring [22]
    ظرفیت
    reservoir storage reported weekly [8]; reserve status not bound
    آبشار
    CLI → WAT → ENE, FOO, BIO, FIN
    Horizon
    1–5 years

    جو و آب‌وهوا

  • RSK-CHE-CLI-002

    Rock, ice or debris avalanche above a settlement

    گزارش‌شدهEQL 3

    محرک
    rock failure, glacier load and permafrost change
    مواجهه
    Alpine villages, roads, rail and power lines
    آسیب‌پذیری
    settlements in the run-out zone; a scenario of 5 million m³ is analysed [24]
    ظرفیت
    monitoring and evacuation worked at Blatten; one death outside the zone [14] [15]
    آبشار
    CLI → WAT → INF, FIN
    Horizon
    annual

    No domain reading

  • RSK-CHE-HLT-003

    Heatwave load on health services and older residents

    گزارش‌شدهEQL 3

    محرک
    hotter summers and tropical nights
    مواجهه
    cities and Ticino, which was particularly affected in 2024 [17]
    آسیب‌پذیری
    ageing population [2]
    ظرفیت
    heat-mortality monitoring runs to July 2026 [17]
    آبشار
    CLI → HLT → ENE peak
    Horizon
    seasonal

    جو و آب‌وهوا

  • RSK-CHE-ENE-004

    Prolonged winter power shortage

    InferredEQL 2

    محرک
    low reservoirs, import limits and plant outages
    مواجهه
    households, industry, rail, health facilities
    آسیب‌پذیری
    winter demand above domestic generation
    ظرفیت
    ملی تحلیل ریسک treats a 30% shortfall for 12 weeks [24]
    آبشار
    ENE → all
    Horizon
    seasonal

    No domain reading

Scenario · SCN-CHE-DRT-01

Dry year with low reservoirs and low river flows

Under this scenario, results describe a conditional season under stated assumptions. It is not a forecast, and no intervention described here has been carried out.

2 of 12 findings name a hazard in their text. Show them

  1. 1CLI → WATsnow deficit and dry spring lower rivers, lakes and groundwater
  2. 2WAT → ENEhydropower falls; 2025 output was down 22.5%
  3. 3ENE → FINimport needs and exposure to foreign supply rise in winter
  4. 4WAT → FOOpastures and farm liquidity strained; CHF 54 million in loans offered
  5. 5CLI → BIOforests and streams under stress; dead trees were 7.2% to 15.4% of trees by region
  6. 6CLI → HLThot, dry summers raise heat deaths

04 · Couplings

How the sectors carry risk into each other.

The Switzerland matrix types the twenty couplings between the five core سامانه‌ها. Strengths are Nexus estimates from the cited evidence and analogue events; they set the starting graph that the Q1 2027 Foundry cut will test.

Coupling matrix, from row to column
ازWATENEFOOHLTBIO
WAT·StrongمتوسطمتوسطStrong
ENEمتوسط·متوسطStrongمتوسط
FOOمتوسطWeak·متوسطStrong
HLTWeakWeakWeak·Weak
BIOStrongWeakStrongWeak·

Water: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Energy: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Food: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Health: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Biodiversity: 4 couplings out, 4 in. Infrastructure is not in the coupling matrix: none of the edition matrices types it, so it carries no value.

Cascade paths, in the edition’s order

  1. CLI → WAT → ENEa snow-poor winter and dry spring lower rivers and reservoirs and cut hydropowerگزارش‌شده
  2. CLI → WAT → FOOdrought strains pastures and farm liquidityگزارش‌شده
  3. CLI → INFglacier and rock failure above a village destroys homes and roadsگزارش‌شده
  4. CLI → HLThot summers raise deaths among older peopleگزارش‌شده
  5. ENE → FINlow hydropower raises import needs and exposure to foreign supplyInferred

05 · Findings

Every finding of Switzerland.

Search, filter by sector, system or status, and sort. The address bar keeps the view, so a filtered list can be shared. Every row opens the finding at its source.

All 12 findings

Findings of Switzerland
IDویراستSector or systemوضعیتStatement
CLI-001سوئیسCLI Climate forcing گزارش‌شدهGreenhouse-gas emissions were 40.1 MtCO₂e in 2024, 27.3% below 1990 and 22.3% below when land use is included; transport emitted 13.4 MtCO₂e and international aviation and maritime a further 5.5 MtCO₂e outside the 2030 target.
CLI-002سوئیسCLI Climate forcing گزارش‌شدهThe second contribution sets a cut of at least 65% by 2035 on 1990 as a 2031–2035 budget of 106.8 MtCO₂e, and the Climate and Innovation Act, adopted by 59.07% of voters in 2023, sets net zero by 2050.
ENE-003سوئیسENE انرژی گزارش‌شدهIn 2025 hydropower supplied 55.5% of domestic electricity generation, nuclear power 27.2% and photovoltaics 11.8%, and final electricity consumption was 57,970 GWh.
ENE-004سوئیسENE انرژی گزارش‌شدهHydropower output fell 22.5% in 2025 after a record 2024, and reservoirs stood at 46% in mid-July 2026, 16.4 points below the 20-year average; reservoirs can cover about 20% of winter-half demand.
WAT-005سوئیسWAT آب گزارش‌شدهBetween 1 April and 31 July 2026 about one-fifth of monitoring stations recorded their lowest level for the period since measurements began, and Lake Zurich reached its lowest level since 1951 on 19 August 2026.
FOO-006سوئیسFOO غذا گزارش‌شدهThe Federal Council offered CHF 54 million in interest-free operating loans to farm businesses after the 2026 drought, and the contribution text sets a goal that domestic production covers at least 50% of food needs.
CLI-007سوئیسCLI Climate forcing گزارش‌شدهOn 28 May 2025 the Birch Glacier collapsed under about 3 million m³ of rock debris, buried most of Blatten and caused one death; insured damage was put at CHF 255 million.
CLI-008سوئیسCLI Climate forcing گزارش‌شدهGlaciers lost almost 3% of their volume in 2025 and about a quarter since 2015, and the contribution states that glaciers have lost over 65% of their volume since 1850.
HLT-009سوئیسHLT سلامت گزارش‌شدهHeat-attributable deaths were 623 in June to August 2022, 542 in May to September 2023 and 326 in May to September 2024.
FIN-010سوئیسFIN مالی گزارش‌شدهGDP grew 1.4% in 2025 and inflation was 0.2%, and the IMF assessed the debt brake as appropriate while noting that the shift to a low-carbon economy will raise spending needs.
BIO-011سوئیسBIO تنوع زیستی گزارش‌شدهAbout a third of species and nearly half of habitat types are threatened, and 7% of forest area was protected by 2022 against a federal goal of 10% by 2030.
SYS-012سوئیسSYS Systemic Expert inputThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a dry year with low reservoirs and low river flows that cuts hydropower and raises winter import dependence at the same time as farm and forest stress.

06 · Editions and calendar

The desks’ editions for Switzerland.

The desks’ editions for Switzerland
Deskویراستوضعیتشناسه
GCRI Systems EvidenceSwitzerland 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-COUNTRY-CHE-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationPublic Deliberation: Switzerland 2026در دست آماده‌سازی
GRA Capital ReadinessCapital Readiness: Switzerland 2026در دست آماده‌سازی
Standards ProgressNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Academy CapabilityNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Index MeasurementMeasurement: Switzerland 2026در دست آماده‌سازی

Calendar · 2026 Baseline

  1. 01Call opensset by the editor
  2. 02Contribution closeset by the editor
  3. 03بستن شواهد30 September 2026
  4. 04Desk review and releaseset by the editor
  5. 05Collection compilationset by the editor
  6. 06Collection releaseset by the editor
  7. 07اصلاحیه‌هاafter release, as needed

Evidence cut NQ-CHE-2026-Q0-1. Next cycles: Q1 2027, Q2 2027, Q3 2027, Q4 2027; their dates are set by the editor.

07 · Take part

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سیاههٔ اصلاحات

Versions and corrections
نسخهDateوضعیتتغییرNotice
NR-COUNTRY-CHE-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0October 2026DRAFTBaseline Edition 2026, inaugural annual edition,هیچ
Data gaps3What the repository does not hold yet, and the source proposed for each
Data gaps and proposed sources
شکافShown here asProposed source
Exposure values per hazard (people, assets, hectares)the edition’s own risk objects, without valuesthe Index country profile once the Index releases values, risksindex.com/che/
The NHS-1 hazard types and their assignment to this edition’s risk objectsan editorial reading of the hazard wordsthe NHS-1 type assignment through the Registry
Infrastructure in the coupling matrixInfrastructure marked not assessedan Infrastructure row and column in the edition matrix at the next cut
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