Evaluating the effectiveness of Switzerland's climate and energy policies

This report analyses the impact of seven key Swiss climate mitigation policies in the buildings, transport and industry sectors on CO2 emissions, including both regulatory and market-based approaches. It does so by linking a technology-rich sectoral partial equilibrium model with the OECD’s economy-wide model. The approach captures both the direct impacts of policies on targeted sectors, reflecting shifts in technological choices, and indirect economy-wide impacts, including shifts in production and demand arising from relative price changes. This pilot study for the Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA) explores the feasibility of model-based approaches for assessing mitigation(-relevant) policy effectiveness for several countries.