Should your country’s economy operate within the Earth’s environmental limits within 10 years?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative proposed requiring the country’s environmental impact to remain within its population-based share of the Earth’s planetary boundaries within ten years. These boundaries include climate change, chemical pollution and biodiversity. Supporters argued that rapid action was needed to prevent irreversible environmental damage. Opponents warned that meeting the target within ten years could cause higher prices, extensive restrictions and substantial economic disruption. Swiss voters rejected the initiative.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/677.00
Official result data: https://ogd-static.voteinfo-app.ch/v1/ogd/sd-t-17-02-20250209-eidgAbstimmung.json
Vote date: 2025-02-09
Original Swissvotes English title: Initiative for an economy within planetary boundaries («Environmental Responsibility Initiative»)
Original German title: Volksinitiative «Für eine verantwortungsvolle Wirtschaft innerhalb der planetaren Grenzen (Umweltverantwortungsinitiative)»
Original French title: Initiative populaire «Pour une économie responsable respectant les limites planétaires (initiative pour la responsabilité environnementale)»