About the Authors

Géraldine Pflieger

Geraldine.pflieger@unige.ch

Affiliation Department of Political Science and International Relations, Environmental Politics at The University of Geneva, Geneva School of Social Sciences, Head of the Institute for Environmental Science, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the author of this manuscript have the following competing interests: during the COP27 I was an associated expert to the Swiss delegation, nominated as an external science adviser by the Swiss Government and the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences. All the statements, opinions and information given in this opinion paper don’t relate to or shall not be considered as reflecting the swiss position in climate negotiations.