Venture competitions could help spur the cleantech revolution in Switzerland

Massive amounts of investments in clean technologies (e.g., solar energy, electric vehicles) are needed in order to limit global temperature rise below 2C.Experts estimate that the world needs to invest $12.1 trillion globally over the next 25 years.To put this fi gure in perspective, it would require increasing the current level of investment by $210bn per year, a bit less than Portugal's GDP.