Together with Greenpeace, Klimastreik, WWF, Donut Network and Bernbleibtgrün, the Swiss Grandparents for Climate brought their demands regarding Overshoot Day 2026 to Bern: a fantastic event.
See also the News item on Country Overshoot Day 2026 on this website.
Statement
Swiss Overshoot Day is not a law of nature, but the result of political and economic decisions. What we lack is not knowledge, but the will to finally take binding action to reduce resource consumption and climate risks.
With the following demands, we call on all citizens to take responsibility for our natural resources and our future, thereby contributing to a planet worth living on and a resilient Switzerland.
Demands
1. Establish a legally binding reduction pathway. Resource consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and material waste must be reduced rapidly. This requires binding reduction targets, an immediate phase-out of fossil fuels, and the consistent expansion of renewable energy.
2. Include consumption, imports, and the financial sector. Systematically reduce environmental and climate impacts along supply chains and in investments. Companies and financial market actors need binding due diligence, transparency, and transformation obligations.
3. Channel public and private funds into future-oriented solutions. Priorities include energy efficiency, building retrofits, the circular economy, repair and reuse, renewable energy, nature-friendly mobility, and the protection and restoration of ecosystems.
4. Strengthen socially just adaptation. Expand protection against heat, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss; provide better support for particularly vulnerable population groups; and make cities and villages more resilient. In doing so, well-being must take precedence over economic growth.
5. Align policy with planetary boundaries. Climate, biodiversity, agricultural, and transportation policies must be jointly aligned to reduce resource consumption, protect health, and ensure security of supply.