Switzerland

"‘Switzerland will realize its NDC mainly domestically and will partly use internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) from cooperation under Article 6. Switzerland will implement the guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Paris Agreement, adopted at COP26, and the San José principles for high ambition and integrity in international carbon markets, to apply robust rules that avoid any form of double counting, ensure environmental integrity and promote sustainable development, including the protection of human rights, and not to use pre-2020 units towards the achievement of its NDC.

As of December 2021, Switzerland signed bilateral agreements with Peru, Ghana, Senegal, Georgia, Vanuatu, and Dominica … The ITMOs may be used for other mitigation purposes, such as e.g. voluntary climate neutrality targets by private or sub-state actors, which would not be counted towards Switzerland’s emissions reductions objectives. Furthermore, the agreements ensure environmental integrity, prevents double counting, and foresees concrete requirements regarding the promotion of sustainable development, including the protection of human rights.’ "

Switzerland will partly use internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) from cooperation under Article 6. The share of emission reductions realized abroad will decrease for the 2031–2035 period compared to the pre-2030 period, consistent with the principle of progression. The percentage of domestic emission reductions will be determined in the context of parliamentary deliberations on the CO2 Law for the post-2030 period. Switzerland will implement all relevant Article 6 guidance adopted by the conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA), to apply robust rules that avoid any form of double counting, ensure environmental and social integrity and promote sustainable development, including the protection of human rights. As of February 2025, Switzerland signed bilateral agreements with Peru, Ghana, Senegal, Georgia, Vanuatu, Dominica, Thailand, Ukraine, Morocco, Malawi, Uruguay, Chile, and Tunisia, creating the necessary frameworks for cooperative approaches under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. The agreements govern the transfers of miti- gation outcomes and their use9. The ITMOs may be used for other international mitigation purposes, such as e.g. voluntary climate targets by private actors, which would not be counted towards Switzerland’s NDC.