The Federal Council decided this Wednesday to bring into force the Climate and Innovation Act (LCI), as well as the Climate Protection Ordinance (OCI) on January 1, 2025. Remember that the people accepted the climate law in June 2023 by 59.1% of the votes.
The Federal Council recalls the major challenges of this climate policy: “The LCl enshrines Switzerland’s climate objectives in national law, in particular the objective of net zero emissions by 2050 and the intermediate objectives for the periods 2031- 2040 and 2041-2050. It is thus decisive for the design of Swiss climate policy and lays the foundations for its development.”
As for the ordinance, it defines “the incentive instruments provided for by the LCl for the industry and construction sectors. In addition, it defines measures in the areas of adaptation to climate change and the compatibility of financial flows with climate objectives.
These new provisions launch “the creation of a time-limited impulse program with a view, on the one hand, to the replacement of heating operating on oil or gas and electric heating by renewable systems which preserve the climate and , on the other hand, of improving energy efficiency.
The ordinance determines the conditions for granting financial support, where the emphasis will be placed “on the replacement, in residential buildings, of fossil fuel heating. Another important point of the ordinance is the replacement of inefficient electric heaters with modern heating systems running on renewable energy.”
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