Environmental report 2018

The «Environment Switzerland 2018» report provides an overview of the current state and development of the environment in our country. It assesses the measures implemented by the federal authorities to improve the quality of the environment and identifies areas in which further action is required.

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Environment Switzerland 2018 (PDF, 27 MB, 03.12.2018)

Data according to chapters

A Natural resources under pressure

• A1 Planetary boundaries
  

Planetary boundaries and Swiss footprints (XLS, 564 kB, 30.11.2018)

Greenhouse gas footprint per capita (XLS, 331 kB, 30.11.2018)

• A2 Summary: Switzerland’s resource consumption
  

Production and consumption as drivers

Total environmental impact of per capita consumption (XLS, 369 kB, 30.11.2018)

Environmental impact caused by different areas of consumption (XLS, 329 kB, 30.11.2018)

Challenge environmental impact abroad

Development of the foreign share of selected footprints (XLS, 125 kB, 30.11.2018)

Challenge nitrogen

Nitrogen balance in agriculture (XLS, 372 kB, 30.11.2018)

• A3 Excursus: system view
  

Nutrition

Origin of concentrated feed for animal production (XLS, 44 kB, 30.11.2018)

Food consumption, 2015 (XLS, 361 kB, 30.11.2018)

Housing

Urban sprawl in Switzerland and in five biogeographical regions, 1935–2010 (XLS, 429 kB, 30.11.2018)

Buildings meeting the Minergie standards® (XLS, 313 kB, 30.11.2018)

Mobility

Daily distances based on the degree of urbanisation (XLS, 483 kB, 30.11.2018)

Environmental impact of different means of Switzerland’s domestic transport (XLS, 499 kB, 30.11.2018)

Development of consumer prices for PT and MIT compared to household income (XLS, 395 kB, 30.11.2018)

B Implementation of environmental policy

Climat

Greenhouse gas emissions (XLS, 408 kB, 30.11.2018)

Air

Air quality improvement from 1988 to 2017 (XLS, 345 kB, 30.11.2018)

Air pollutant emissions (XLS, 503 kB, 30.11.2018)

Emission shares by source group (XLS, 222 kB, 30.11.2018)

Biodiversity

Overview of habitats and their endangerment (XLS, 363 kB, 30.11.2018)

Vielfalt von Artengemeinschaften in Wiesen und Weiden (XLS, 451 kB, 30.11.2018)

Endangered species – Red Lists (XLS, 410 kB, 30.11.2018)

Water

Biological status of surface waters (XLS, 176 kB, 30.11.2018)

Temperature and discharge of watercourses (XLS, 187 kB, 30.11.2018)

Forest

Standing volume by producing region (XLS, 530 kB, 30.11.2018)

Soil

Copper and zinc pollution of agricultural soil (XLS, 449 kB, 30.11.2018)

Development of annual soil loss due to erosion (XLS, 143 kB, 30.11.2018)

Landscape

Distinctiveness of the landscape by municipality type (XLS, 185 kB, 30.11.2018)

Settlement area (XLS, 151 kB, 30.11.2018)

Tranquillity

Noise pollution from transport (XLS, 146 kB, 30.11.2018)

External costs resulting from transport noise (XLS, 341 kB, 30.11.2018)

Natural hazards

Damage caused by floods, debris flows, landslides and fall processes (XLS, 305 kB, 30.11.2018)

Major accident risks

Industrial plants with a potential for extensive damage (XLS, 303 kB, 30.11.2018)

Risks arising for persons from the transport of hazardous goods by rail (XLS, 173 kB, 30.11.2018)

Biosafety

Research and development activities with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), pathogenic organisms (POs) and alien organisms (XLS, 183 kB, 30.11.2018)

GM plants found along railway lines (XLS, 193 kB, 30.11.2018)

Chemicals

Chemicals production by world region (in sales), 2000–2050 (XLS, 210 kB, 30.11.2018)

Waste and raw materials

Municipal solid waste (XLS, 217 kB, 30.11.2018)

Contaminated sites

Status of remediation of contaminated sites (XLS, 206 kB, 30.11.2018)

Electrosmog

Volume of mobile communication data (XLS, 468 kB, 30.11.2018)

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