Tag: Climate crisis
California is suing major oil companies, accusing them of deception
Oil mining in California California sued oil companies. (Photo: IMAGO/UIG) Washington The US state of California is suing several major oil companies, accusing them of misleading the public about the…
Climate activists block Hamburg and Düsseldorf airports
Sticking action at Hamburg Airport According to the group Last Generation, the activists gained access to the airport site through the security fence. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt In the middle of…
Climate activists block Hamburg and Düsseldorf airports
Last generation campaign at Hamburg Airport According to the group Last Generation, the activists gained access to the airport site through the security fence. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Hamburg Climate activists…
Can indoor wheat help with crop failures in the future?
Wheat in the “climate chamber” of the Technical University of Munich Five to six harvests should be possible per year. (Photo: Technical University of Munich) Freising What actually happens when…
Can indoor wheat help with crop failures in the future?
Freising What actually happens when wheat also gets light at night? Always enough water, warmth and humidity? The answer to this question is hidden in a small room in a…
“Destinations could shift to Scandinavia”
Munich Farmers wading through their fields, the crops destroyed. The severe storms in Italy over the past few days have severely affected the popular holiday region of Emilia-Romagna. 14 people…
Scholz calls for “a clear goal for the global expansion of renewable energies”
Berlin At the Petersberg climate dialogue, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and his Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) are pulling together. In his speech at the end of the two-day meeting…
The climate crisis threatens Asia’s economic rise
Bangkok The sun burns on the skin, breathing is difficult: Due to the extreme heat, Thailand’s authorities have asked the population in the past few days not to go outside…
“Adaptation must not become the maxim of action”
Berlin Mr. Renn, several crises are now superimposed. The pandemic wasn’t over yet when the Russian attack on Ukraine came, which also turned into an energy crisis. And the climate…
The 1.5 degree target could be exceeded by 2040
lignite power plant Greenhouse gas emissions are increasing worldwide, partly due to the use of coal for energy production. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Not brave enough, not fast enough, not deep…
Legal opinion: Germany violates climate protection law
Berlin The transport and building sectors are expected to have failed to comply with the upper limits for CO2 emissions set out in the Federal Climate Protection Act for the…
Weekend of Threats – The new geopolitical verbal battles
Good morning dear readers, It has been a weekend of threats that once again underlines the tense situation in the international community. In the end, as always, everything is connected…
How Raisin CEO Georgadze graduated from high school at the age of twelve and built up one of the most successful German fintechs
Dusseldorf In the new episode of Handelsblatt Disrupt, Editor-in-Chief Sebastian Matthes speaks to Georgian-born Tamaz Georgadze, the founder of Raisin, the fintech that, despite the reluctance of many venture capitalists,…
Large corporations advertise green, but often miss the 1.5 degree target
Brown coal power plant Neurath in NRW Some companies do not fully disclose their emissions. (Photo: IMAGO/Wienold) Dusseldorf With their plans, many large corporations are missing the goal of limiting…
“In the distant future we will have to work less than today”
Dusseldorf This week, Handelsblatt Disrupt reports from the digital congress “Europe 2023” in Berlin. Editor-in-Chief Sebastian Matthes talks to Microsoft founder Bill Gates about the disruptive power of artificial intelligence…
Wrong call to the state
The bad news for Germany as a business location is multiplying: Biontech, the innovative miracle known worldwide, is relocating its cancer research to England. The most valuable Dax group, Linde,…
Entrepreneur Daniel Bartel challenges RWE in Lützerath
Daniel Bartels Bartel wants to make a difference in the fight against climate change. (Photo: Timo Knorr, Imago, Reuters, AP) Lützerath When Daniel Bartel drives into a parking lot on…
Can technology save the world?
Good morning dear readers, If you want to know how the state of mind of mankind is at the moment, you should drive to the Nevada desert. There, in the…
$4.5M Civil Disobedience: Who Funds The Climate Activists?
It’s eight o’clock in the morning local time when Franziska Elmer accepts the signal video call in her apartment in Playa del Carmen, a town on the Mexican Caribbean coast.…
The political haggling at the climate conference is pathetic
Friday’s For Future demo Many people are demonstrating in Egypt to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. (Photo: IMAGO/TT) Sharm el-Sheikh It is a pathetic performance that the states afford…