Publications

Cultivons un avenir alimentaire plus durable: l’alimentation durable en action

Cultivons un avenir alimentaire plus durable: l’alimentation durable en action, Rolle, Suisse, 2025-05-14.

Témoignage au sujet de l’initiative pour un fonds climat

Séance de la Commission de l’environnement, de l’aménagement du territoire et de l’énergie du Conseil national (12 mai 2025), Berne, 2025-05-12.

Results of the Academic Citizens’ Assembly – SIC 2025

2025

Rapport synthétique de l’atelier du 20.03.2025 à Bulle – Repenser la culture du bâti en Gruyère

2025

Energy requirements for securing wellbeing in Switzerland and the space for affluence and inequality

J. Millward-Hopkins; V. Fisch-Romito; S. Nick; E. Chevrel

Nature Communications. 2025. Vol. 16, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-59276-2.

A robust infinite-horizon optimal control approach to climate economics

F. Babonneau; A. Haurie; M. Vielle

CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH. 2025. DOI : 10.1007/s10100-025-00973-0.

Comment l’aviation mondiale peut-elle devenir réellement neutre sur le plan climatique ?

ARAG General Assembly and public conference, Versoix, GE, 2025-03-27.

Environmental impact assessment of nutritional guidelines under organic agriculture in Switzerland

A. Crosnier; G. Baudry; L. Jeangros; P. Thalmann

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2025. Vol. 9. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1548480.

Allégements fiscaux ayant des effets néfastes sur le climat en Suisse

Petit-déjeuner pour parlementaires (18 mars 2025), Berne, Suisse, 2025-03-18.

When is innovation beneficial to society? A systems perspective

EPFL Sustainable Innovation Challenge (SIC) 2025, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-03-13.

Mechanisms, actors and competencies at the science-policy interface

Science-Policy Interfaces and Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, 2025-03-11.

Transformer l’habitat et la mobilité en Suisse avant 2040 : Bien-être, espaces partagés, sobriété, dé-sprawl

S. Nick; P. Thalmann

Net zéro pour l’habitat et mobilité suisses en repensant l’espace bâti, Bundesamt für Wohnungswesen BWO, Bern, 2025-01-21.

Demand-side habitat+mobility transformation in Switzerland by 2040

Webinaire Habitation « Les enjeux de la transformation du bâti en Suisse pour 2040 », online, 2025-01-13.

Societal implications of reaching 100% renewables in Switzerland

SWEET EDGE Energy Drinks, Genève, Suisse, 2025-01-08.

Governing the Global Space Commons

S. Nick; J-P. Kneib

Swiss Space Sustainability Research Days, Les Diablerets, 2025-01-06 – 2025-01-08.

Mixes of policy instruments for the full decarbonisation of energy systems: a review

F. Cocker

Energies. 2025. Vol. 18, num. 1. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3390/en18010148.

Industrial European regions at risk within the Fit for 55: How far implementing CBAM can mitigate?

S. Perdana; M. Vielle

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition. 2025. Vol. 6, p. 100088. DOI : 10.1016/j.rset.2024.100088.

Key Issues for Long-Term Climate Policy Design in GCC Countries with a Focus on Qatar

F. L. F. Babonneau; Ahmed Badran; Maroua Benlahrech; Alain Haurie; Maxime Schenckery et al.

Carbon Neutrality in the Gulf; Cambridge University Press, 2025. p. 201 – 224.

Mixes of policy instruments for full decarbonisation by 2050

F. Cocker / P. Thalmann (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.

DECARB – Mixes of policy instruments for full decarbonisation by 2050

F. Cocker; S. Weber; M. Vielle; P. Thalmann; F. Vöhringer

2025

Trade War to Cooperation: Scrutinizing China’s Strategies to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

S. P. Perdana; M. Vielle; R. Li

2024. The International Conference on Sustainability, Environment, and Social Transition in Economics and Finance, Paris, France, 2024-12-11 – 2024-12-13.

Climate Incentive System: Impact on household budgets

P. Thalmann; J-A. Rangel

Building Bridges, Geneva, 2024-12-09 – 2024-12-12.

Space Sustainability & Global Coordination

J-P. Kneib; S. Nick

International Conference on Space Debris and Sustainability, Universidade de Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, 2024-12-02 – 2024-12-04.

RE-BD AR2024 Report – main findings

S. Nick; A. Guisan; A. Morán-Ordóñez; C. Ballif

RE-BD AR2024, Lausanne, 2024-11-20.

Electricité nucléaire : peu de CO2 mais gros impact sur l’environnement

2024.

Réduire l’impact environnemental de l’habitat en utilisant mieux le parc de logements existant

Séminaire EspaceSuisse, « Economie circulaire et aménagement du territoire: Situation et perspectives, Fribourg, 2024-11-14.

Reaching zero emission with mixes of policy instruments: An assessment of public acceptability in Switzerland

F. Cocker; P. Thalmann; S. Weber

2024

Input factor substitution under climate-neutral pathways

F. Cocker; P. Thalmann; M. Vielle

2024

Mixes of policy instruments towards climate neutrality in a computable general equilibrium framework

F. Cocker; P. Thalmann; M. Vielle; F. Vöhringer

2024

Erneuerbare Energie und Biodiversität

ASTRA sustainability and environmental network meeting, Bellinzona, 2024-11-12 – 2024-11-12.

Climate impact of tax reliefs in Switzerland

P. Thalmann; A. Thalmann

2024

Results of the Academic Citizens’ Assembly – UNIL 2024

2024

RE-BD AR2024 – Executive Summary. Accelerating renewable energy development while enhancing biodiversity protection in Switzerland

S. Nick; A. Guisan; A. Morán Ordóñez; C. Ballif

2024

Trade War to Cooperation: Scrutinizing China’s Strategies to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

S. P. Perdana; R. Li; M. Vielle

European Climate and Energy Modelling Platform 2024 (ECEMP), Brussels and online, 2024-10-16 – 2024-10-17.

Climate emergency and health sector implications

Réunion annuelle de la SSMI (Société Suisse de Médecine Intensive), Lausanne, Suisse, 2024-09-18 – 2024-09-20.

Subventions aux effets nuisibles pour le climat en Suisse : premiers résultats

Science et politique à table: « Staatliche Finanzhilfen », Bern, Switzerland, 2024-09-10.

Subventionen mit schädlichen Auswirkungen für das Klima in der Schweiz : erste Ergebnisse / Subventions aux effets nuisibles pour le climat en Suisse : premiers résultats

Science et Politique à table !, Bern, Switzerland, 2024-09-10.

The employment challenge of the energy transition in Switzerland

2024.

Publication on employment impacts based on EDGE bottom-up scenarios

C. Nathani; P. Thalmann

2024

Du budget carbone global aux budgets carbone individuels

Conférence de la rentrée, Lycée Denis-de-Rougemont, Neuchâtel, Suisse, 2024-09-02.

Pourquoi et comment il ne faudrait plus construire que sur des terrains déjà bâtis et transformer l’existant

Workshop prospectif en ligne – What if…? «Que se passerait-il si… nous ne construisions plus que sur des terrains déjà bâtis et transformions l’existant?», En ligne, 2024-08-28.

Demand for low-quality offsets by major companies undermines climate integrity of the voluntary carbon market

G. Trencher; S. Nick; J. Carlson; M. Johnson

Nature Communications. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-51151-w.

Systems perspectives on transforming Swiss housing by 2040: wellbeing, shared spaces, sufficiency, and de-sprawl

Frontiers in Sustainability. 2024. Vol. Volume 5 – 2024, p. 1375271. DOI : 10.3389/frsus.2024.1375271.

Politique du logement à Genève. Revenu des ménages, loyers et prix des logements

P. Favarger; P. Thalmann

2024

Droit de superficie sur terrains privés: Une « solution à tenter » pour des projets d’utilité publique ?

Collage – Périodique du développement territorial. 2024. Vol. 2024, num. 3, p. 7 – 9.

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Nouvelles formes de démocratie participative et délibérative pour repenser notre approche de santé

Forum Santé et Société : santé, une urgence démocratique, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, 2024-06-11.

Gymnase de Renens – Sobriété et bien-être – 2024-06-03

2024

Results of the Academic Citizens’ Assembly – MYBLUEPLANET 2024

2024

SWICE Working Paper on DLS Mobility

E. Chevrel; J. Millward-Hopkins; V. Fish-Romito; S. Nick

2024

Habitat durable: comment réduire l’empreinte environnementale de l’habitat en Suisse?

Cours Uni3 (Université de Genève), Genève, 7 mai 2024.

Vom globalen zum persönlichen CO2-Budget

Vollenweider Lectures, Luzern, Schweiz, May 03, 2024.

BSL Circular Economy 2024 Conference – BSL Blog

2024.

Personal carbon trading applied to Swiss air travel – Guaranteeing a fair access to climate ambitious aviation

M. Prébandier

2024.

Warum Unternehmen radikal umdenken müssen

2024.

La voie vers le net zéro – Une chance pour l’économie

CEO4Climate (Swisscleantech), Lausanne, Switzerland, 26 mars 2024.

Costs of the energy transition and solution – Housing

Fireside Event: Social justice and economic impacts of the energy transition, Lausanne, Switzerland, 07.03.2024.

Biodiversity: Economics v Financials

E4S Meet-Up: Biodiversity, UNIL Internef, March 5, 2024.

Spatial Modeling for Building Design Evaluation: from Visual Landscape Quality Assessment to Devaluation Risk Estimation

A. R. Swietek / P. Thalmann (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.

RE-BD AR2024. Accelerating renewable energy development while enhancing biodiversity protection in Switzerland

S. Nick; A. Guisan; A. Morán Ordóñez; C. Ballif

2024

Using automated design appraisal to model building-specific devaluation risk due to land-use change

A. R. Swietek

Sustainable Cities and Society. 2024. Vol. 109, num. 105529, p. 105529. DOI : 10.1016/j.scs.2024.105529.

The impacts of decarbonization pathways on Sustainable Development Goals in the European Union

J. Moreno; L. Campagnolo; B. Boitier; A. Nikas; K. Koasidis et al.

Communications Earth & Environment. 2024. Vol. 5, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s43247-024-01309-7.

Distributional justice, effectiveness, and costs of current and alternative solar PV incentive schemes in Switzerland

A. Soubelet; A. Torné; P. Thalmann; E. Trutnevyte

Environmental Research Letters. 2024. Vol. 19, num. 6, p. 064075. DOI : 10.1088/1748-9326/ad4dba.

Automated Design Appraisal: Estimating Real Estate Price Growth and Value at Risk Due to Local Development

A. R. Swietek

2023

Biodiversity protection: who pays, who benefits?

2023.

La politique climatique de la Suisse

2023.

Immobilier: «il y a peu de spéculation immobilière en Suisse», estime un expert

2023.

Subventionscheck Schweiz: Eine umweltökonomische Analyse klimaschädigender Subventionen

Tagung « Klimaschutz und Subventionen: braucht es Reformen? », Bern, Schweiz, 20. Oktober 2023.

Input factor substitution under climate-neutral pathways

F. Cocker; M. Vielle

Swiss Association for Energy Economics – Student Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland, 18/10/2023.

Redefining the agrifood sector in Switzerland: the case of organic agriculture

A. Crosnier

2023.

Mapping the transition: Industrial European regions at risk within the fit for 55

European Climate and Energy Modelling Platform 2023 (ECEMP), Online, October 5-6, 2023.

La taxe carbone aux frontières est entrée en vigueur

2023.

A systems perspective on sufficiency, wellbeing, and transition in the Swiss habitat

CISBAT 2023, Lausanne, SwissTech Center at EPFL, September 13-15, 2023.

Towards climate-neutral global aviation: Less flights, more wellbeing

Mobility Research and Innovation Workshop – SFOE Conference, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland (Innovation Park), September 12, 2023.

Industrial European regions at risk within the Fit fo 55: How far implementing CBAM can mitigate?

24th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, Paris, France, September 06-08, 2023.

SWICE Wellbeing Workshop Report 06-2023

2023

Towards mainstreaming of shared spaces as a basis for sustainable wellbeing for all

Contributions to the energy research debate from the Swiss Social Sciences and Humanities Energy Research Group (3rd Workshop); Lulu Press, 2023.

How many jobs can EU CBAM save ? A regional perspective

18th IAEE European Conference, Milan, Italy, July 24-27, 2023.

Action Levers towards Sustainable Wellbeing: Re-Thinking Negative Emissions, Sufficiency, Deliberative Democracy

2023 International Exergy Economics Workshop, Chambéry, France, July 10, 2023.

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Implications on Brazilian Energy Intensive Industries

Ecomod 2023,, Prague, Czech Rep., July 3-5, 2023.

Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien für die Immobilienwirtschaft jenseits von «ökologischem Bauen»

CUREMhorizonte 2023, « Can Less Be More? Wege zur Erreichung der Klimaziele und ihre Bedeutung für die Immobilienwirtschaft », Zurich, Schweiz, 29. Juni 2023.