At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012, the Forum will pursue an initiative that was introduced two years ago to address participants’ concerns about the Meeting’s environmental impact. The aim is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible and compensate the rest.

One part of the Greener Davos initiative aims to lower the impact of the event on climate change by reducing the emissions from over 2,500 participants and staff travelling from Zurich to and within Davos and Klosters. 

As last year, there will be complimentary shuttle buses from Zurich Airport to Davos.

An important way to lower emissions is not only to reduce overall traffic, but also to restrict circulation to vehicles that fulfil certain environment friendly conditions. This is achieved by the Towards a Greener Davos Concept which only allows cars with a certain maximum CO2 emission level to circulate within Davos. To receive a Greener Davos sticker to access the convention centre (security car sticker is also required), Hotel Belvédère and Hotel Seehof, the following requirements must be met from Tuesday 24 January to Sunday 29 January:  

CO2 emission rate   200g/km
Fuel consumption    9l/100km  
Energy tag               Minimum category D

Van (vehicles with 6-9 seats)
CO2 emission rate Maximum 235g/km

Vehicles with a capacity of more than nine seats (10+) are considered to be energy efficient, and will not need a Greener Davos sticker.

To verify if your vehicle meets the environment friendly requirements, please check the following website:
http://www.bfe.admin.ch/energieetikette/00962/00964/index.html?lang=de

Greener Davos stickers are only delivered at the checkpoint in Fideris and the Registration Centre in Davos (Kurgartenstrasse) and are based on a vehicle model inspection.