The Federal Council wants to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve the 2030 climate target. To this end, it has adopted the dispatch on the revised CO2 Act for the period from 2025 to 2030.

Every year, a large proportion of the world's food goes to waste. This would not have to be the case if food producers and retailers helped to reduce the loss, and all those involved in the value chain worked together.

The Federal Council has approved the mandate for international negotiations on the drafting of a plastics convention. The Swiss delegation is to lobby for an agreement that combats the pollution of the environment by plastics.