Climate change abroad
Due to its close international interconnections, Switzerland is indirectly affected by climate-related changes occurring abroad.
Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods are becoming more frequent worldwide. If they damage production facilities or agricultural land abroad, Switzerland is often indirectly affected as well: deliveries of goods or services may fail to materialize, be delayed or vary in price and quality.
The study ‘The Impacts of Global Climate Change on Switzerland’, part of the NCCS-Impacts programme, reveals how climate risks abroad can affect the Swiss economy through production losses caused by disrupted supply chains.
Impacts of global climate change on Switzerland
Previous studies
Note
The results of various studies may differ from one another due to differences in methodology and data sources.