— Of the declared CHF 180 million managed using an impact investing approach, only 4.9% falls in the private debt and private equity asset classes. Major sectors include environment, health, microfinance, and agriculture. Most investments are in developed countries.
— "Foundations, which are not for profit by nature, can be incentivized to engage in impact investing through tax incentives. In February 2024, the Canton of Zurich adapted its tax exemption to cover charitable institutions with activities abroad22. This change makes it possible for entrepreneurial funding models used in impact investments to be tax exempt in certain cases."
— Lawmakers also voted to declare UN relief agency a terror group, banning any direct interaction with Israeli state.
— There is no consensus on when this is likely to happen. The sixth assessment report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), expressed "medium confidence that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will not collapse abruptly before 2100". However, the signatories of the open letter to the Nordic Council argued that new research indicated that the risk had so far been "greatly underestimated", and the "passing of this tipping point is a serious possibility already in the next few decades."
— Switzerland and Ukraine jointly hosted the Ukraine Mine Action Conference UMAC2024 in Lausanne on 17–18 October 2024. The 'Lausanne Call for Action' was adopted at the Conference, calling on states to take concrete action in the area of humanitarian mine clearance . This is crucial for social and economic reconstruction. Switzerland is supporting Ukraine with its expertise and contributing CHF 100 million over a four-year period to clear civilian areas of mines.
— It is estimated that almost a quarter of Ukrainian territory, an area 3.5 times the size of Switzerland, is contaminated by mines and other explosive ordnance. Due to this situation, Ukraine, known as the breadbasket of Europe, is unable to fully resume agricultural production.
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