As the 21st century unfolds, the world’s food systems stand at a critical juncture. What we eat, how it’s grown, and how it reaches our plates have implications beyond personal health— they shape livelihoods, ecosystems, and the planet’s future. To make sense of this complexity, 25 authors co-created five radical visions for the future of Food Systems in this Policy Brief. The basis of their chapters was a workshop that was implemented in March 2025 on the same topic as this Policy Brief. The event and subsequent publication of results are part of foraus’ Global Labs series, which aims to connect students from Geneva and beyond with the International Geneva ecosystem, to foster innovative policy ideas. Through an exchange with professionals and by co-writing a policy brief, each Global Lab strives to strengthen students’ set of hard skills (e.g. policy writing), soft skills (e.g. public speaking), and personal networks, while providing key multilateral fora with youth’s inputs.
Authors: Nazanin Asbaghipour, Ebrima Barrow, Ruth Bandomah, Ana Chamon, Triana Gil, Mariana Hervigo, Giulia Azzarello, Jean-Pierre Desarzens, Suban Biixi, Romberg Gondim, Mitsuki Ishii, Rebecca Kübler, Margaux Serratore, Kuei-Jr Liao, Antonia Massocco, Anna-Kristiina Pae, Pilar Alejandra Paradiso, Angelina Pavlenko, Andrea Peroziello, Ankita Sharma, Yuhui Song, Shilpa Ann Thomas, Yating Wang, Carolyn Wu
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Fabian Dalbert
Vera Eichenauer
Darius Farman
Oskar Jönsson
Idris Abdelkhalek
Alina Begley
Nathalie Brügger
Kaan Bayir
Alicia Blair
Elisa Cadelli
Stefan Dörig
Elodie Gerber
Oliver Guggenbühl
Alicia Joho
Aude Juillerat
Fabian Marugg
Priya Mohanty
Sabrina Nick
Andreas Oeschger
Fabian Ottiger
Johan Sauser
Franziska Vogel
Dounia Rhouma
Lévi Sollberger
Marion Hischier
Aurèle CottonWas sind die grossen aussenpolitischen Herausforderungen der Schweiz, über die unsere Politiker:innen, Entscheidträger:innen und relevanten Akteur:innen informiert sein müssen, damit sie in den nächsten vier Jahren die nötigen Entscheide treffen können? In 14 prägnanten Aussenpolitik-Briefings untersuchen foraus-Expert:innen, wie das Schweizer Parlament die Aussenpolitik der letzten vier Jahre mitgestaltet hat und blicken auf anstehende Herausforderungen der Legislatur 2023-2027.
Zu den Einzelpublikationen:
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In diesem Diskussionspapier wird die Gründung einer Swiss Green Investment Bank (SGIB) mit dem Mandat, die internationale Klimafinanzierung und die dazugehörige Mobilisierung privater AkteurInnen sicherzustellen, analysiert. In den internationalen Klimaverhandlungen haben sich die Industrienationen verpflichtet, gemeinsam ab 2020 jährlich 100 Mrd. USD bereitzustellen, um Entwicklungsländer bei der Finanzierung von Emissionsreduktionen und Anpassung an den Klimawandel zu unterstützen. Die Schweiz möchte einen jährlichen Betrag von 450-600 Mio. USD beitragen. Mindestens ein Drittel davon soll durch die Mobilisierung von Privatkapital finanziert werden. Die jetzigen Ansätze sind dafür ungeeignet, es braucht explizit auf diese Mobilisierung ausgerichtete Finanzierungsvehikel. Eine SGIB könnte diese Mobilisierung privater AkteurInnen sicherstellen. Mehrere Länder, wie Grossbritannien, Deutschland und Schottland haben Green Investment Banks (GIB) erfolgreich aufgebaut. Üblicherweise übernimmt eine GIB die Rolle einer Pionierin, die Projekte und Investitionsvehikel für private Kredite zugänglich macht. Im Gegensatz zum nationalen Fokus der meisten GIBs soll die SGIB die globale Nachhaltigkeits- und speziell die internationale Klimafinanzierung der Schweiz unterstützen. Erste Schritte zur möglichen Umsetzung einer SGIB werden vorgestellt.
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How environmentally friendly a company is on paper too often depends on its location or on the method used to assess it. Sustainable investing is challenging due to a lack of standardized methods and comparable data. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting – a set of rules to account for a corporation’s GHG emissions – could make sustainable investing more transparent. It enables investors to decide on the basis of a quantitative metric. Current private and national approaches in GHG accounting are only of limited use to investors because these initiatives are in most cases voluntary, limited to a single country, or applicable to specific economic sectors only. This paper proposes that Switzerland should promote transparent, sustainable investing
internationally through a multi-stakeholder coalition called Swiss Connection for Climate Accountability SCCA. The SCCA has two goals: First, for the international community to request a report from the IPCC on the potential for a global GHG accounting standard.
Second, to adapt existing GHG accounting methods for use as top-down standards to provide to the Swiss and European market independent, accessible information on corporate environmental performances. This approach gives the opportunity to require GHG emissions disclosure on the basis of a recognised, uniform standard. It has the potential to bring GHG accounting in line with financial accounting, and it would provide a basis for increased innovation and academic education.
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As ice caps are melting, the Arctic receives unprecedented attention from states in the region and from other major powers. Trade routes for international shipping and some of the Arctic’s vast resources are becoming more accessible. Increased interests and activity in the Arctic bear opportunities and risks in two main areas: environmental and security. Even though the Arctic appears far off, both are also of concern to Switzerland.
The proposed “Swiss Vision for the Arctic” imagines the kind of Arctic Switzerland would like to see and to which it could and should contribute. Based on a Swiss interest to mitigate climate change and environmental hazards, this vision highlights that commercial activities and regional development in the Arctic need to be pursued in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to the benefit of the local population. As Switzerland’s security and prosperity depend on a functioning European and international order, the vision foresees a peaceful resolution of disputes through legal mechanisms, transparency about security perceptions, and a limitation of military activities, guided by the principle of human security.
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