Tag: Environmental conference
Climate protection ranking: Germany is slipping
Berlin Anyone looking for climate protection pioneers usually thinks first of the Scandinavian countries. Denmark, Sweden and Norway rely heavily on renewable energies and have been among the pioneers in…
The struggle for aid worth billions begins
Berlin There is not much time left to agree on controversial points. This Monday, the second and decisive week of negotiations begins at the world climate conference in Egypt. By…
The struggle for aid worth billions begins
Berlin There is not much time left to agree on controversial points. This Monday, the second and decisive week of negotiations begins at the world climate conference in Egypt. By…
CO2 emissions 2022: Greenhouse gas emissions will also increase in 2022
Berlin The fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise – contrary to the goals that the countries set themselves in the Paris climate agreement. In 2022 they will be slightly higher…
“Let the others make an effort”
Young activists at the UN climate change conference COP27 “After decades of largely unsuccessful climate negotiations, the question is whether we are pursuing the right strategy. Other negotiation formats are…
“Are on the highway to climate hell”
Berlin Dark words at the world climate conference in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, warned of the catastrophic consequences of…
“The geopolitical tensions are a heavy burden”
Berlin He is represented at almost every climate conference: Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Organization (UNDP) and the highest-ranking German at the United Nations. The German-Brazilian has…
The world community can hardly reach the 1.5 degree target – but every tenth of a degree counts
COP27 The world community meets at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Center for the annual climate conference. (Photo: Reuters) Before the start of the most important annual meeting on global…
Departure or standstill? That is what matters at the climate conference
Berlin The signs for the world climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, are not good. Heat waves, droughts and floods as a result of climate change are already threatening the…
“The geopolitical tensions are a heavy burden”
Berlin He is represented at almost every climate conference: Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Organization (UNDP) and the highest-ranking German at the United Nations. The German-Brazilian has…
Departure or standstill? That is what matters at the climate conference
Berlin The signs for the World Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, are not good. Heat waves, droughts and floods as a result of climate change are already threatening the…
More heat deaths also in Germany
Berlin If Germany and other industrialized countries do not quickly increase the pace of the expansion of clean energies, reaching the Paris climate agreement will become increasingly remote. Because despite…
Climate advocates and NGOs are threatening governments with mass lawsuits
Smoking cooling towers of a power plant Lawyers and NGOs now emphasize that they have already filed more than 80 climate lawsuits around the world to get governments to do…
Germany must become more uncompromising when it comes to the energy transition
Niederaussem lignite power plant, Bergheim The sluggish expansion of renewable energies is a failure of politics. (Photo: imago images/blickwinkel) Seven years – that’s how long the global economy can continue…
Germany must become more uncompromising when it comes to the energy transition
Niederaussem lignite power plant, Bergheim The sluggish expansion of renewable energies is a failure of politics. (Photo: imago images/blickwinkel) Seven years – that’s how long the global economy can continue…
Climate change: billions in damage burden Germany
Berlin The damage in Germany caused by man-made climate change has amounted to at least 145 billion euros since the year 2000, which is an average of 6.6 billion euros…
Climate change: billions in damage burden Germany
Berlin The damage in Germany caused by man-made climate change has amounted to at least 145 billion euros since the year 2000, which is an average of 6.6 billion euros…
G7 countries commit to phasing out coal for the first time – but without a date
coal-fired power station A draft for the final document stipulated that coal-fired power plants would end by 2030, provided the plants could not separate and safely store their greenhouse gases.…
G7 countries commit to phasing out coal for the first time – but without a date
coal-fired power station A draft for the final document stipulated that coal-fired power plants would end by 2030, provided the plants could not separate and safely store their greenhouse gases.…
A turning point also in climate protection
Get rid of fossil fuels – the war in Ukraine and the collapse of our relationship with Russia, the most important energy supplier, are dramatically showing us just how necessary…