OrganizationPublished on 21 November 2025

Sector Climate

The Climate sector comprises the Climate Reporting and Adaptation, Climate Policy, CO2 Compensation and CO2 Tax & Emissions Trading sections. It supports Swiss climate policy and is the federal expert authority for mitigating climate change and the risks to human beings and the environment associated with global warming.

Management

Reto Burkard is vicedirector of the FOEN and member of the management board of the FOEN. He heads the Climate sector.

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• Burkard Reto

  Vizedirektor, Direktionsbereich Klima

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Tasks

• Implementation of the international climate policy obligations (Paris Agreement)
• Implementation of the federal legislation (CO2 Act and CO2 Ordinance)
• Implementation of measures to reduce greenhouse gases
• Development of strategies and measures for the adaptation to climate change
• Development of climate policy concepts for the implementation of the government's long-term climate strategy (net zero 2050)
• Review of the Swiss climate policy performance (greenhouse gas inventory and CO2 statistics)
• Advising the government and the public on the causes and impacts of climate change as well as measures to counteract it

Management of sections

Raphael Bucher
Position: head of section Climate policy

Regine Röthlisberger
Position: head of section (co-leader) Climate Reporting and Adaptation

Roland Hohmann
Position: head of section (co-leader) Climate Reporting and Adaptation

Susanne Riedener
Position: head of section (co-leader) CO2 Levy and Emissions Trading

Simone von Felten
Position: head of section (co-leader) CO2 Levy and Emissions Trading

Aric Gliesche
Position: head of section CO2 Compensation

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