<p>Zurish: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/switzerland">Switzerland's</a> government on Wednesday approved new climate targets, proposing a cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 of at least 65 per cent compared to 1990 levels.</p><p>Switzerland's efforts to counteract global warming came under close scrutiny last year when a top European court ruled that the country was not doing enough to tackle climate change.</p><p>The government said in a statement that the new objectives, set out under its commitments to the Paris Agreement, are to be primarily achieved via domestic measures.</p>.Wildfires and the mafia: How climate change is being weaponised in Italy.<p>"By 2035, Switzerland should reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 65 per cent compared to 1990 levels, and by 59 per cent on average between 2031 and 2035," it said.</p><p>Switzerland had previously committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 from 1990 levels.</p><p>The Swiss cabinet said it had adopted an amendment to its long-term climate strategy and would submit its new plans to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by February 10.</p><p>In that submission, Switzerland reports on the role of renewable energies and nuclear energy in achieving climate neutrality, the cabinet added. </p>
<p>Zurish: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/switzerland">Switzerland's</a> government on Wednesday approved new climate targets, proposing a cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 of at least 65 per cent compared to 1990 levels.</p><p>Switzerland's efforts to counteract global warming came under close scrutiny last year when a top European court ruled that the country was not doing enough to tackle climate change.</p><p>The government said in a statement that the new objectives, set out under its commitments to the Paris Agreement, are to be primarily achieved via domestic measures.</p>.Wildfires and the mafia: How climate change is being weaponised in Italy.<p>"By 2035, Switzerland should reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 65 per cent compared to 1990 levels, and by 59 per cent on average between 2031 and 2035," it said.</p><p>Switzerland had previously committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 from 1990 levels.</p><p>The Swiss cabinet said it had adopted an amendment to its long-term climate strategy and would submit its new plans to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by February 10.</p><p>In that submission, Switzerland reports on the role of renewable energies and nuclear energy in achieving climate neutrality, the cabinet added. </p>