Swiss Climate Alliance

The Swiss Climate Alliance (German: Klima-Allianz Schweiz, commonly Klima-Allianz) is a Swiss civil-society alliance of more than 160 member and partner organisations working for climate protection and climate justice. Founded in 2004, it brings together environmental, development, church, youth, trade-union and consumer-protection organisations and acts as a hub of the Swiss climate movement. Its stated goals are an ambitious, fair and sustainable Swiss climate policy based on scientific findings, the rapid implementation of the Paris Agreement by Switzerland, and a climate-compatible orientation of financial flows. The alliance is not a company in the commercial sense but a coalition brand: it coordinates campaigns, publishes position papers and ratings, and networks climate activists across the country. Its members include major Swiss environmental NGOs such as WWF, Greenpeace, Pro Natura and Public Eye, alongside many smaller groups. The alliance maintains a secretariat (Geschäftsstelle) that handles communications, fundraising, national policy work and member engagement, and it organises working groups on specific topics. Among its best-known activities are the Klima-Masterplan (Climate Master Plan), first produced in 2006 and republished in June 2016 after the Paris Agreement, which lists and justifies key demands on the Swiss government and companies; a rating of the climate compatibility of Swiss pension funds; and public campaigns such as the inflatable black CO2 cloud used to highlight pension-fund investments in fossil fuels. Current campaign themes include mobilisations against extreme summer heat ("Keine 50-Grad Sommer!"), local climate action through OK Klima, and pressure on the Swiss National Bank for a climate-friendly transformation. The alliance operates primarily in Switzerland and frames its work in the context of global climate justice, explicitly linking the interests of people in Switzerland with those in the Global South and the preservation of biodiversity. It communicates in German and other Swiss languages and maintains an active newsletter and website.

The Klima-Allianz Schweiz was founded in 2004 as an alliance of Swiss civil-society organisations active on climate protection. By November 2017 it counted over 70 member organisations from the fields of environment, development, church, youth and consumer protection, including WWF, Greenpeace, Pro Natura, Public Eye and fossil-free. By the time of its current website it describes itself as an alliance of more than 160 civil-society organisations, reflecting substantial growth in membership and reach. In 2006 the alliance produced its first Klima-Masterplan (Climate Master Plan), a document setting out key demands on the Swiss government and companies. After the Paris Agreement was adopted, a second Klima-Masterplan was published in June 2016, updating and justifying the alliance's central demands. Over the years the alliance has become a recognised voice in Swiss climate policy, regularly publishing statements on major climate topics and drawing attention through public actions. A recurring focus has been the climate compatibility of Swiss pension funds and the Swiss National Bank. The alliance maintains its own rating of the climate compatibility of Swiss pension funds, drawing on existing publications such as the WWF pension fund rating, information from pension fund websites and direct contacts with the funds. To publicise the issue, it inflated a giant black CO2 cloud in various public squares to point out that Swiss pension funds invest in fossil fuels, thereby endangering both the climate and the security of pensions. More recent campaign themes visible on its website include "Keine 50-Grad Sommer!" (No 50-degree summers!), warning that without a real turnaround Switzerland could experience summer temperatures of 50 °C by 2050 and calling for broad mobilisations in late summer 2026 to demand an emergency plan combining climate adaptation and climate protection; OK Klima, which supports local groups across Switzerland with action proposals, network access and concrete tools to advance ambitious local climate policy; the Klima-Masterplan Schweiz 2025, a master plan for future-compatible climate protection with the goal of getting Switzerland on track within ten years; and the SNB coalition, which demands a climate-friendly transformation towards a low-greenhouse-gas, biodiversity-promoting economy.

• 2026

  "Keine 50-Grad Sommer!" campaign calls for broad mobilisations in late summer.

• 2025

  Klima-Masterplan Schweiz 2025 published, aiming to get Switzerland on track within ten years.

• 2017

  Alliance reported over 70 member organisations as of November.

• 2016

  Second Klima-Masterplan published in June, following the Paris Agreement.

• 2006

  First Klima-Masterplan published, listing key demands on the Swiss government and companies.

• 2004

  Klima-Allianz Schweiz founded as an alliance of Swiss civil-society organisations for climate protection.

A broad civil-society alliance and hub of the Swiss climate movement, advocating science-based, ambitious and fair climate policy and the alignment of financial flows with climate goals.

• Klima-Masterplan

  A document listing and justifying the alliance's key demands on the Swiss government and companies; first edition 2006, second edition June 2016, and a 2025 edition.

• Pension fund climate rating

  The alliance's own rating of the climate compatibility of Swiss pension funds, based on existing publications, fund websites and direct contacts.

• OK Klima

  A programme supporting local climate groups across Switzerland with action proposals, network access and concrete tools.

• SNB coalition

  A coalition demanding a climate-friendly transformation of the Swiss National Bank towards a low-greenhouse-gas, biodiversity-promoting economy.

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4. 4Klima-Allianz Schweiz – Wikipediade.wikipedia.org