Simonetta Sommaruga asks not to place the economy above nature. “The world is on fire,” said the President of Confederation on Tuesday when she opened the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (GR).
“The consequences for humans and nature are disastrous,” Sommaruga said to participants, referring in particular to the recent fires in the Amazon and Australia. And to call on all the players in society to mobilize so as not to leave the firefighters alone in the face of these disasters. ‘We cannot stand aside and watch’.
More broadly, ‘when economic interests are placed above nature’, the effect on the economy itself is negative, said the president. ‘We need the private sector’ to preserve biodiversity and political leaders to ‘stop’ the effects of global warming.
Another ‘balance’ to be found is that of societies. Certain ’emotions’ used for political reasons worry Mrs Sommaruga. And to target the discourses that divide.
For its part, WEF founder Klaus Schwab thanked Switzerland and the Swiss. “Without your support, the past 50 years would not have been possible.” Davos reflects ‘the Swiss tradition’ of establishing platforms for dialogue, he said.
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