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Switzerland is celebrating the world's first carbon offset programme under the Paris Agreement that will help the country fulfil its own climate goals. Emissions are being reduced in Bangkok through the co-funding of electric buses. A detailed study by Alliance Sud and Fastenaktion reveals that the investment in electric buses in Bangkok would have taken place by 2030 even without an offset programme.

In a carbon market that has demonstrated its limitations, an unexpected player has invited itself to the negotiations. Commodity traders have recently stepped up their CO₂ trading, without scaling back their fossil fuel business operations.

Pressure from civil society and the media has rightly discredited the carbon markets. The current system is not delivering on its promises and is harming the Global South.

Edited by Maxime Zufferey

In November, a large majority of UN member states agreed to a UN Framework Convention on Taxation. In the run-up, our tax policy expert toured the city of New York and the institution.

In 2015, governments committed to aligning financial flows with the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement. Where do things stand with implementation? What is Switzerland doing? A stocktake.

In New York, a vast majority of UN Member States has voted in favour of a UN framework convention on tax. That is a major success for the Global South and, for the world community, an opportunity to create truly globally applicable rules for the first time in the history of international tax policy.

Fragile statehood is one of the biggest obstacles to effective and sustainable poverty alleviation. Alliance Sud has discussed the opportunities and limits of international cooperation in fragile contexts with Professor Christoph Zürcher.

In fragile contexts, does only a strong army help? Solid research shows that development cooperation can play an important role even in an exceptionally difficult environment, writes Alliance Sud Director Andreas Missbach.

Just before the summer break, the Swiss government launched the consultation procedure on the International Cooperation Dispatch 2025-28. In a monologue, Director Andreas Missbach explains what it is about (and what he found risible).