BERN, Switzerland (AN) — Up to 100,000 people turned out on Saturday for Switzerland's largest-ever climate demonstration to insist on fulfilling the United Nations-brokered goals for reducing heat-trapping greenhouse gases, organizers said.
The demonstration urged voters to elect candidates to Swiss parliament in the federal election to be held on October 20 who will make climate and environmental issues a top priority. Voters nationwide will elect members of both houses of the Federal Assembly. All but one of 246 seats will be decided; Appenzell Outer Rhodes canton picks its Senate member next April.
