Swiss Climate Foundation awards CHF2.4 million to innovation projects
Last year, the Swiss Climate Foundation granted CHF2.4 million ($2.63 million) to 17 innovation projects, a funding increase of around half a million francs to the same number of projects, compared to 2022. Support for seven projects from previous years was cut short in 2023, according to the Swiss Climate Foundation's annual report, published on Tuesday. The report said that this happens when the path of a company that has applied for funding does not lead to the hoped-for success, or if it is not possible to build the necessary structures for the project. The premature cancellation of older projects freed up around CHF600,000 to be reallocated to the development fund. +Landmark ruling: Switzerland’s climate policy violates human rights Last year, support focussed on projects in energy production and food and agriculture. For example, a spin-off project from the Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich is developing an electric GPS-controlled agricultural robot that uses ...