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live now to geneva — and our correspondent imogen foulkes. let�*s look at some context here.rs - result of this vote? for householders and - result of this vote? for| householders and small result of this vote? fr?" householders and small businesses, who were actually looking to maybe switch from oil fired who were actually looking to maybe switch from oilfired heating, which is what houses here have, and may be moved to solar panels and heat exchange pumps, that is quite good news. they are going to get some government help to do that. in the long term this is quite an ambitious plan, but it has a big chunk of money attached to it, three and a half billion dollars is going to be made available over the next ten years to move to renewables, to encourage businesses, basically households and businesses. switzerland as a whole has to be emitting 75% less greenhouse gases thanit emitting 75% less greenhouse gases than it was in 1990, and it is supposed to be their net zero by 2050. swiss voters, concerned about the melting glaciers, and about fossil fuel dependency, the melting g

would increase the cost of energy — and put a strain on finances. 0ur switzerland correspondent imogen foulkesrt georg klingler. good evening to you from the capital. tell us what this vote means. what are these introductions which we will see coming in before the year 2050. which we will see coming in before the year 2050-_ which we will see coming in before the year 2050. good evening. i think this vote is a — the year 2050. good evening. i think this vote is a really _ the year 2050. good evening. i think this vote is a really important - the year 2050. good evening. i think this vote is a really important step i this vote is a really important step towards reaching the paris agreement and i think it is really the unique thing about it is that swiss people said we want to go net zero, we want to stop coal gas and oil. we decided on a linear reduction path from 2030 onwards. we also decided on rapid emission cuts like as you said 3.2 billion will be invested in getting businesses and households on this net zero path. it is businesses and households on this net zero path-— net zero path. it i

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let's go straight to geneva — and our correspondent imogen foulkes.s. there are two key things that lead to the really very convincing support for these measures. first, the really devastating effect that global warming is having on the alpine environment. we can see the glaziers shrinking pretty much before our eyes. we had a report last summer which showed they had got much smaller much faster than even the experts had predicted. —— the glaciers. the other thing, the war in ukraine. switzerland doesn't produce any oil or gas of its own and it needs to export all of that just about every house you see behind me will have oil fired central heating. there will be money for those households now in this new package to switch to heat exchange pumps, to switch to solar panels, i'm told we can even expect a massive solar farm in the field is just down there in the next few years. the goal is net zero by 2050. it won't be cheap. opponents had argued this could really push up energy prices but at this point swiss voters have clearly decided that this is an in

with the details, here's our correspondent in bern, imogen foulkes. to the climate change measures — the first is the effect that global warming is having on the alpine environments. switzerland's glaciers are shrinking pretty much before our eyes, and much faster than even the climate change specialists had predicted. the otherfactor, the war in ukraine — switzerland doesn't produce any oil or gas itself, it needs to import it. and the government, which backed today's measure, successfully argued that if switzerland's economy wants to continue to be as successful as it has been and still is, then switzerland needs energy security — and that will have to mean weaning itself off oil imports or gas imports from somewhere like russia. that means then investing in renewables, and the swiss government is making a hefty package available — $3.5 billion, that's more than £3 billion — so that households and businesses can have some support to move away from oil and gas, and to invest in things like heat exchange pumps and solar panels — you can expect a big s

would increase the cost of energy and put a strain on finances. 0ur switzerland correspondent imogen foulkes. the first is the effect global warning is having on the alpine environment. —— two things. the glaziers are shrinking pretty much before our eyes and much faster than even the climate change specialists had predicted. —— the glaciers. also the war in ukraine. switzerland does not produce its own oil and gas, it must import it. the government successfully argued that if switzerland's economy wants to continue to be as successful as it has been and still is then switzerland needs energy security and that is going to have to mean weaning itself off oil imports or gas imports from somewhere like russia. that means investing in renewables. the swiss government is making a hefty package available, $3.5 billion, that is more than £3 billion, so that households and businesses can have some support to move away from oil and gas and invest in things like heat exchange pumps, in solar panels. you can expect big solarfarms, pumps, in solar panels. you can expect big solar farms, i pumps, in sola

live now to geneva — and our correspondent imogen foulkes. a big moment. is, the environmental groups - a big moment. i think it is, the environmental groups and - a big moment. i think it is, thej environmental groups and even a big moment. i think it is, the - environmental groups and even some elements of swiss business and industry are unwelcoming this law because switzerland has been a bit stalled in the last few years towards meeting its obligations under the paris climate agreement and this proposalfrom under the paris climate agreement and this proposal from the government perhaps wouldn't have got through, a similar one did not two years ago because of concerns about the economic impact, but now the swiss are looking at their melting glaciers, looking at their independency on russian oil and gas, and the war in ukraine, they are telling themselves this is not good, let alone for our climate or for national security, so they had voted to back this proposal. a big chunk of money attached to it, three and half $1 billion over ten years to help househ