Tag: Climate crisis
“Hope and frustration close together” – This is how the agreement was reached in Sharm el-Sheikh
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock The Foreign Minister on Sunday morning after the closing ceremony at the world climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. (Photo: dpa) Sharm el-Sheikh The German foreign…
“Hope and frustration close together” – This is how the agreement was reached in Sharm el-Sheikh
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock The Foreign Minister on Sunday morning after the closing ceremony at the world climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. (Photo: dpa) Sharm el-Sheikh The German foreign…
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…
Negotiations at the climate conference in Egypt are tough
Sharm el-Sheikh Before the final spurt of negotiations begins in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Germany once again makes it clear what the central topic of this climate…
The Problem with Confidence: The Editor-in-Chief’s Weekly Recap
Good morning dear readers, A number shook me this week. According to a survey by Civey pollsters, only 25 percent of Germans state that they are confident about the future.…
The Berlin Republic, a country on the limit
And that is expressed here today in galloping energy prices, slumping growth and serious existential worries. And, of course, Europe is also at its limit: “The energy conflict threatens to…
A lot of new construction made of wood could avoid more than 100 gigatonnes of CO2
detached house Compared to steel or concrete, wood is a very climate-friendly building material. (Photo: Norbert Michalke/F1online) Berlin Steel, plaster, concrete: In the 1920s, the Bauhaus art school in Weimar…
Europe is wasting its water – and member states are doing too little about it
Global trends Handelsblatt author Thomas Hanke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in the column. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Europe suffers a drought crisis. As reported by…
How CO2 becomes a valuable raw material
CO2 So carbon dioxide will continue to be emitted for a long time. One solution: converting CO2 into resources. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy, Imago, Getty Images, Reuters [M]) Gent Francis Steenbrugghe…
How CO2 becomes a valuable raw material
CO2 So carbon dioxide will continue to be emitted for a long time. One solution: converting CO2 into resources. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy, Imago, Getty Images, Reuters [M]) Gent Francis Steenbrugghe…
Cities are to become cooler and heat-resistant in the future
Berlin Dark asphalt and lots of concrete, little green and little shade: Due to their nature, German cities can become real heat reservoirs – and for their residents resemble an…
How southern Europe wants to fight the drought
Paris, Madrid, Rome The inhabitants of Verona face a fine of 500 euros if they water their flowers with drinking water. Until the end of August, no cars may be…
Massively accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuels
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on a visit to Palau The Foreign Minister looked at the situation on the ground. (Photo: dpa) Ngerulmud In view of the severe impact of the…
Historians are reinterpreting the course of human history
War in Ukraine, corona pandemic, climate crisis, refugee flows, famine – something must have gone wrong in human history, despite all the progress. But what? And why? Why have so…
Germany needs a debate about where growth should come from
Author of the editorial Sebastian Matthes is Editor-in-Chief of the Handelsblatt. The German economy is currently experiencing several crises at once. There is the war in Ukraine, which overshadows everything,…
Germany needs a debate about where growth should come from
Author of the editorial Sebastian Matthes is Editor-in-Chief of the Handelsblatt. The German economy is currently experiencing several crises at once. There is the war in Ukraine, which overshadows everything,…
Annalena Baerbock’s mistake for climate policy
New State Secretary and Foreign Minister Jennifer Morgan (left) moves to the Federal Foreign Office. Annalena Baerbock appointed her special representative for international climate policy. (Photo: Getty Images) The outcry…
Climate-friendly buildings: Why the heat transition is difficult
Berlin The transition to climate-friendly living is one of the major challenges for German politics. After all, real estate accounts for around a third of energy consumption in this country.…
That’s what Eon boss Birnbaum says about the energy transition
Berlin The CEO of the energy group Eon, Leonhard Birnbaum, warns of bottlenecks in the German power grids. “I fear that we will lag behind the expansion of renewables in…
That’s what Eon boss Birnbaum says about the energy transition
Berlin The CEO of the energy group Eon, Leonhard Birnbaum, warns of bottlenecks in the German power grids. “I fear that we will lag behind the expansion of renewables in…