Tag: Global environmental protection
Experts see gaps in Wissing’s immediate program
Volker Wissing (FDP) The expert council for climate issues has rejected the climate plan by transport minister Volker Wissing (FDP) as completely inadequate. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The expert council for…
How Norway could absorb Europe’s CO2
Gas production platform “Sleipner” Research into CO2 separation began in 1996 250 kilometers off the Norwegian coast. The technology is now mature. (Photo: Reuters) Stockholm One thing Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
Dax companies are emitting more CO2 again
RWE and Heidelberg Cement The two industrial companies are the largest CO2 emitters among the Dax companies. (Photo: Imago, HeidelbergCement AG) Dusseldorf The carbon footprint of the German economy has…
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…
Dax companies are emitting more CO2 again
RWE and Heidelberg Cement The two industrial companies are the largest CO2 emitters among the Dax companies. (Photo: Imago, HeidelbergCement AG) Dusseldorf Bad news for climate protection: The 40 Dax…
Dax companies are emitting more CO2 again
RWE and Heidelberg Cement The two industrial companies are the largest CO2 emitters among the Dax companies. (Photo: Imago, HeidelbergCement AG) Dusseldorf Bad news for climate protection: The 40 Dax…
LBBW no longer describes itself as “climate neutral”
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg LBBW no longer describes itself as climate-neutral. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) no longer claims to be “climate neutral”. LBBW refrained from such wording in the latest…
Can green hydrogen replace our natural gas?
Dusseldorf Sophie and Silke Backsen have changed German climate policy like hardly anyone. Sophie, 22, made sure in 2021 with her complaint before the Federal Constitutional Court that climate protection…
Meat, but climate-friendly: This is how clever agriculture works
Old Madlitz Benedikt Bösel reaches into the soil of his test field in the Mark Brandenburg. “Here the hummus is nice and cool, although it has hardly rained for months,”…
Meat, but climate-friendly: This is how clever agriculture works
Old Madlitz Benedikt Bösel reaches into the soil of his test field in the Mark Brandenburg. “Here the hummus is nice and cool, although it has hardly rained for months,”…
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.…
World is heading for a new age of crisis
Floods in Colombia Various environmental crises, along with conflicts within and between countries, are the new risks facing the world, say the researchers. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Stockholm According to the…
Why climate protection apps are still conquering the market
Dusseldorf Plant trees, build solar systems, finance efficient cooking stoves: With the “Klima” app, users should be able to fight against climate change. One download, a few clicks, a little…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change relies on these key measures
Boxberg coal-fired power plant in Germany The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change demands the use of less fossil fuels. (Photo: imago images/photothek) Berlin More drastically than ever before, the Intergovernmental…
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…
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…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns against inaction
Berlin Heat waves, droughts, floods: previous efforts to limit man-made climate change are not enough. If emissions are cut at the currently planned rate, the resulting rise in temperature will…
Genetic engineering can still world hunger
drought The overexploitation of nature means that arable land is shrinking worldwide. (Photo: dpa) Actually, the UN wants to have eliminated hunger in the world by 2030. But instead of…