Switzerland unlikely to meet emissions reduction target by 2030: environment minister

Switzerland will find it difficult to meet its 2030 climate target, Environment Minister Albert Rösti said on Thursday. He pointed to budgetary restrictions imposed by the government. As a significant proportion of Switzerland's CO₂ reductions is achieved through the purchase of emissions credits from abroad, “in the current budgetary context, I cannot see how the federal government could find the additional CHF300 to 400 million required [$370-490 million],” Rösti said in an interview…