Tag: Global environmental protection
These are the issues that matter at the climate summit
G20 summit in Italy Heads of state and government tossing a coin at the Trevi Fountain in Rome: (Photo: dpa) Rome, Berlin When the obligatory family photo is in the…
These are the issues that matter at the climate summit
G20 summit in Italy Heads of state and government tossing a coin at the Trevi Fountain in Rome: (Photo: dpa) Rome, Berlin When the obligatory family photo is in the…
The G20 are sending a weak signal to Glasgow
Protests against the G20 summit in Italy Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion organization demonstrate in Rome. The G20 countries have only agreed on a minimum compromise. (Photo: dpa) It…
COP26 News: Latest news about the World Climate Conference
“The School strike movement would never have become so well known, if it no friction would have given if some people hadn’t been pissed off, ”said Thunberg. But of course…
G20 states only agree on minimal consensus for climate protection – “Humanity is 1: 5 behind”
Rome / Glasgow More “hot air” than the hoped-for “strong signal”: the summit of the 20 major economic powers in Rome was a “huge disappointment” for the world climate meeting…
Climate conference in Glasgow: these are the sticking points
Berlin When the most important meeting on global climate protection begins on Monday lunchtime in Glasgow, Scotland, one of the first speakers will be Angela Merkel. The German Chancellor, only…
We need global CO2 certificate trading
In view of the current report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with its deteriorated assessment of the climate problems up to 2030 as well as the extreme summer…
What does Ursula von der Leyen want to advance?
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen The EU sees itself as a pioneer and provider of ideas when it comes to climate protection. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels The World Climate…
G20 countries have to curb emissions – or forego economic performance
Container port If emissions could be reduced so that warming would be limited to two percent, Germany would still have to accept a decline in economic output in 2050. (Photo:…
Environmentalists launch seals of approval for climate change efforts by large corporations
Orsted wind farm The wind power producer supports the first independent test standard for CO2 targets for companies. (Photo: obs) Zurich There is no shortage of climate protectors – at…
The hour of truth
By the beginning of October this year, more electric cars had already been registered in Germany than in the entire previous year. And among banks and financial institutions, the demand…
Invest sustainably: Investors usually do not have climate-friendly funds in their portfolio
An investigation denounces unclean investment products and puts pressure on investors. European small-cap funds do one of the best. .source site
Earth is heading for a warming of 2.7 degrees
Mural shows a burning earth The Paris climate agreement provides for global warming to be limited to 1.5 degrees. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The earth is currently heading for a global…
Road to Glasgow – Experts now in the live stream
The way is clear: CO2 emissions must be reduced significantly by 2030 and 2045. A rethinking in the economy is already taking place. Nevertheless, there is a strong field of…
How companies develop strategies for climate protection
Welzow-Süd open-cast lignite mine Stopping coal mining is not enough: companies must reduce emissions in all value chains (Photo: dpa) Berlin A few days before the start of the World…
Bill Gates receives special prize from the German Business Book Prize
Berlin Microsoft founder Bill Gates has won the special award “Entrepreneur Book of the Year” of the German Business Book Prize with his book “How we prevent the climate catastrophe”.…
Joe Biden is slowed down with the coal exit
Wind turbines in front of the US state of Rhode Island US President Biden is planning the accelerated expansion of wind turbines along almost the entire American east and west…
Thunberg is wrong – Germany is not a “climate scoundrel”
Wind energy in Germany Since 2000, Germany has set the world’s fastest pace in expanding renewable energies. (Photo: dpa) At the climate strike demonstration in Berlin on September 24, 2021,…
If even companies are calling for more climate protection, all alarm bells should sound
Wind turbines Companies are demanding more climate protection from the future government. (Photo: dpa) At the latest when companies demand stricter measures in terms of climate protection, all alarm bells…
Alliance: No climate neutrality without CO2 storage
CO2 storage in a cement plant in Wuhu China is also developing the technology further in order to make industrial processes less harmful to the climate. So far, there has…