Adaptation to climate change in Switzerland: goals, challenges and fields of action.

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Climatic changes have an impact on Switzerland’s environment, economy and society. Adapting to these impacts is vital already today, and will become even more important in future. To this end, the Federal Council has adopted the first part of its adaptation strategy on 2 March 2012. It was published on 2 April 2012 in the Federal Gazette and is the legally binding version. The report describes the goals, challenges and fields of action in adapting to climate change on Federal level.

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