Climate Change and Switzerland 2050 - OcCC - SCNAT

Climate Change and Switzerland 2050 | Contents 3
Energy 95
1. Introduction 96
2. Energy consumption 98
3. Established electricity production 101
4. New renewable energy 103
5. Economic aspects 106
Buildings and Infrastructure 109
1. Introduction 110
2. Buildings 112
3. Transport networks 116
4. Urban water management 120
5. Urban settlements 121
Urban Switzerland 123
1. Introduction 124
2. Switzerland as an urban system 125
3. Scenarios and key factors 126
4. Population development 127
5. Urban development 128
6. Development of building stock 131
7. Development in transport and communications 132
8. Development of resource availability 134
9. Development of relationships and dependencies
between the Swiss urban system and the global environment 135
10. Conclusions 136
Insurance 137
1. Introduction 138
2. How does insurance work? 139
3. Claims experience 141
4. Future perspectives 143
5. Impact on insurance and measures taken by insurers 146
Synthesis 153
1. Introduction 153
2. Creeping changes 154
3. Extreme events 155
4. Water cycle and water resources 157
5. Space 159
6. Changes for humans 161
7. Concluding remarks 161
Annex 167
Imprint 167
Picture credits 168