Item 26.7679: When will a new assessment criterion for impacts on birds be developed?

Submitted text

The current EIA checklist for wind energy installations of the Conference of Environmental Agencies (KVU) states that the assessment criterion for impacts on birds will be reworked by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), involving the cantons, and is expected to be available by the beginning of 2024, as the threshold of 10 collision fatalities is not scientifically substantiated. Why has this assessment criterion still not been developed to date? When can it be expected?

Source

Swiss Parliament, «Geschäft 26.7679: Wann wird ein neuer Beurteilungsmassstab für die Auswirkungen bezüglich Vögel ausgearbeitet?» (Item 26.7679: When will a new assessment criterion for impacts on birds be developed?), Submitted text, 15 September 2026.