{"id":114543,"date":"2026-08-12T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/114543\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T13:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:47:12","slug":"no-crisis-mode-in-switzerland-despite-heatwave-and-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/114543\/","title":{"rendered":"No crisis mode in Switzerland despite heatwave and drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e834f371215580ffb636ec114c370221cb69ac99-91885988.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Federal Council does not switch to crisis mode due to the heatwave and drought\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Federal Council does not switch to crisis mode due to the heatwave and drought            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        Switzerland has stopped short of declaring a state of emergency due to the ongoing drought and heatwave. The situation can currently be managed with existing structures, the government says.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        August 12, 2026 &#8211; 15:36\n<\/p>\n<p>The government is in dialogue with the cantons and other authorities to analyse the situation on a regular basis, Federal Council spokesperson Nicole Lamon told the media on Wednesday in Bern. Government ministers had discussed the consequences of the extreme heatwave during a meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/climate-adaptation\/as-heatwaves-rise-swiss-climate-concerns-fall\/91879025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+ As heatwaves rise, Swiss climate concerns fall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Lamon, there is currently no need to declare a state of emergency. The cantons are therefore taking the lead in dealing with the consequences of the weather. They bear the responsibility, and the federal government is supporting them within the framework of the legal requirements.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lamon, the agricultural sector has been particularly hard hit. The relevant Department of Economic Affairs has already taken several measures in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Council will reassess the situation shortly, said Lamon. <\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786542432_668_960ec06d527688345f8e4fe8df8a6ef9f65ef5ee-91884732.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Record-breaking temperatures make 2026 the hottest summer since records began\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Climate adaptation\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Current Swiss summer has broken many 2003 records    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Aug 12, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                Swiss summer of 2026 has broken many of the records set in 2003.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/climate-adaptation\/record-breaking-temperatures-make-2026-the-hottest-summer-since-records-began\/91885184\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Current Swiss summer has broken many 2003 records<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>+ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/about-us\/how-swissinfo-produces-news-in-english\/91695684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">How we produce English news<\/a><br \/>Translated from German, reviewed by an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/department\/english-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">English Department<\/a> journalist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        Articles in this story    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal Council does not switch to crisis mode due to the heatwave and drought Keystone-SDA Switzerland has stopped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[101,454,457,100,69,103,17],"class_list":["post-114543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-article","tag-beat-climate-adaptation","tag-environment","tag-latest-news","tag-politics","tag-production-type-deepl-autotranslation","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117082852416475526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}