Pathways to ACHIEVE net-zero target for hard-to-abate Swiss emissions
Supporting Switzerland’s net-zero transition by helping key players tackle hard-to-abate emissions with practical tools and strategies.
Pathways to ACHIEVE net-zero target for hard-to-abate Swiss emissions
Supporting Switzerland’s net-zero transition by helping key players tackle hard-to-abate emissions with practical tools and strategies.
Pathways to ACHIEVE net-zero target for hard-to-abate Swiss emissions
Supporting Switzerland’s net-zero transition by helping key players tackle hard-to-abate emissions with practical tools and strategies.
Tackling Switzerland’s Hardest Climate Challenges
To reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, Switzerland must address its most stubborn sources of emissions: agriculture, waste incineration, cement, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. As a part of the solution, the country also needs to build an entirely new infrastructure for capturing, transporting and storing CO₂. ACHIEVE brings together over 50 partners from research, industry, and society to bridge research and implementation, develop integrated cross-sectorial net-zero roadmaps, and propose solutions that support this transition.
Emissions in the Agri-Food sector
Identifying technologies and policies to cut emissions in the agri-food sector and delivering practical strategies that balance climate action with food production, livelihoods, and environmental impacts.
Biomass for Net Zero
Unlocking the full potential of Swiss biomass through optimised cascade use that will lock in carbon, replace high-emission materials, and cut hard-to-abate emissions.
Hard-to-Abate Industry Emissions
Reducing emissions from cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastic recycling, and waste incineration through innovative measures and circular economy approaches.
Carbon Capture & Storage
Designing robust pathways for building and operating Switzerland’s CCUTS infrastructure, including safe, societally-accepted and economically viable domestic CO₂ geological storage.
Integrated Transition Pathways
Integrating energy, economic, and carbon systems to map Switzerland’s net-zero pathways and turn complex insights into actionable policy.
Latest News & Findings
ACHIEVE conducts inter- and trans-disciplinary research and works with stakeholders from key sectors to develop actionable strategies for Switzerland’s net-zero transition.
Pathways to ACHIEVE net-zero target for hard-to-abate Swiss emissions
ACHIEVE is a consortium funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy’s SWEET programme and coordinated by Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. SWEET – “SWiss Energy research for the Energy Transition” – is a funding programme of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE). SWEET’s purpose is to fund solution-oriented research and innovations with a focus on the targets of Switzerland’s Energy Strategy 2050 and long-term climate strategy.
Materials Science and Technology
Technology Zurich
de Gestion du Canton de Vaud
