Tag: Global environmental protection
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…
How Germany harms the climate
If climate protectionists have their way, investments in the development of new fossil energy sources should no longer be made worldwide. Accordingly, the future lies solely with renewable energies, the…
No climate neutrality without removing CO2 from the air
afforestation To meet the Paris climate targets, carbon dioxide must be removed from the air. However, conventional methods such as afforestation are not enough. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In addition to…
Simply believing in the technology is naïve. It won’t work without renunciation.
When global warming is discussed in Germany these days, it tends to be about the rather soft effects of the climate crisis – for example the fact that the milder…
Sustainable protection of nature does not always mean “no entry!”
the authors Klement Tockner is Director General of the Senckenberg Nature Research Society and Professor of Ecosystem Sciences at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. Stefan B. Wintels is CEO of…
More money for biodiversity, protection of land and sea areas: World Nature Summit agrees
World Nature Summit in Canada The 15th World Summit on Nature – which also goes by the abbreviation COP15 – was originally supposed to have taken place in China in…
Deep-sea mining threatens the ocean
the authors Steffi Lemke is Federal Environment Minister, Hervé Berville is State Secretary to the French Prime Minister and responsible for maritime affairs. In our fight against the climate crisis…
Scholz: G7 countries establish climate club
G7 summit in Elmau As early as June, the G7 states, chaired by Germany, announced their intention to set up a “climate club”. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin The G7 countries…
Climate protection is becoming a matter of survival for retailers
Dusseldorf Many bakers complain that they are threatened with bankruptcy due to rising energy costs. This is not an issue for Roland Schüren: His bakery in Haan in the Rhineland…
The US dream of a CO2 vacuum cleaner for the climate
new York For Exxon boss Darren Woods it is the “Holy Grail”, for Warren Buffett a promising investment, for Bill Gates a chance to save the climate – and US…
Urgent application rejected – Federal Constitutional Court approves reallocation of corona credits for climate protection for the time being
Federal Constitutional Court The court decides whether the reallocation of the funds violates the debt brake in the constitution. (Photo: dpa) Karlsruhe According to a decision by the Federal Constitutional…
Urgent application rejected – Federal Constitutional Court approves reallocation of corona credits for climate protection for the time being
Federal Constitutional Court The court decides whether the reallocation of the funds violates the debt brake in the constitution. (Photo: dpa) Karlsruhe According to a decision by the Federal Constitutional…
EU creates the business case with CO2 removal from the air
CO2 filter in Switzerland The technology already works on a small scale. (Photo: Meinrad Schade/laif) Brussels The EU Commission is launching a new way of protecting the climate. A new…
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…
Possible agreement at the climate summit in sight: “Defensive battle successful”
Sharm el-Sheikh Relief at the world climate conference in Egypt. Almost 24 hours after the planned end of the summit, the negotiators from almost 200 countries have received a new…
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…
Better no result than bad result
Frans Timmermans The EU Commission Vice is concerned about some positions in the negotiations. The goal is to find an agreement. (Photo: AP) Sharm el Sheikh EU Commission Vice Frans…
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…
EU can save more CO2 than promised – but there is criticism
Frans Timmermans at the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 Frans Timmermans, Ursula von der Leyen’s deputy, is responsible for environmental and climate protection within the EU Commission. (Photo: dpa) Brussels…
Climate protection ranking: Germany is slipping
Berlin Along with Denmark and Sweden, Chile and Morocco are the countries that can count themselves among the pioneers in climate protection thanks to the rapid expansion of renewable energies.…