Themes & Resources

The SDC fosters access to affordable, reliable,  productive use of clean energy including energy efficiency. With rising temperatures, access to energy-efficient, affordable and clean cooling is becoming increasingly important to ensure protection against heat waves. The SDC will put a special emphasis on access to clean cooling by showcasing renewable and passive solutions with multiple climate, economic and health benefits.

Safe and Child-friendly School Construction Guidelines, Myanmar

Healthy and biodiverse ecosystems are the foundation of life on earth and thus the basis of human livelihoods, well-being, health and economies. Nevertheless, ecosystems face over-exploitation and rapid degradation, with several planetary boundaries being strained or already exceeded.

Posing a major threat to the environment as well to human health and often hitting vulnerable groups the hardest, environmental pollution offers a multitude of substantial collateral damages, but has not yet been tackled systematically. SDC’s main entry point focuses on the quality of air, water and soil.

Negative impacts of climate change and disasters are threatening development achievements and bear the risk to trap or drag vulnerable communities back into poverty and to intensify or lead to conflicts over scarce resources.

SDC DRR Network Newsletter n° 2 / July 2021: Early Warning – Early Action: Shifting from emergency response to anticipatory action

Discover key resources on transversal themes related to Climate, DRR and Environment: Agriculture, Education, Gender, Health, Fragility and Water

Brownbag Lunch event on How to reach "Neto Zero" through the Climate Action Accelerator

Climate, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction is systematically integrated into SDC development and humanitarian programmes and projects of all sectors.

Climate finance includes local, national or transnational financing, originating form public, private and alternative sources, to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Digitalisation opens countless possibilities and diverse applications in the field of climate, DRR and environment. It can support climate change mitigation and the transition to a carbon neutral, green economy. Earth observation and remote sensing allow the collecting of climate and environmental data for planning, monitoring, and governance purposes and can be used to respond to climate change and other challenges, and to improve warning, prevention, and preparedness. Digitalisation can also help monitor trends in (restored) ecosystems and help to preserve biodiversity and bionatural capacity. It can furthermore support the tracking of sustainable development benefits and scaling-up of Climate, DRR and Environment projects through innovative business models. Thus, Switzerland’s international cooperation strategy 2021-2024 identifies digitalisation as a priority and vital driver of sustainable development