Tag: Wuppertal Institute for Climate
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Lützerath Between the wind and rain, the howling of the sirens can be heard in Lützerath early on Wednesday morning. For the activists who have been occupying the village for…
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Lützerath Between the wind and rain, the howling of the sirens can be heard in Lützerath early on Wednesday morning. For the activists who have been occupying the village for…
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Erkelenz, Berlin It’s still dark when the sirens wail in Lützerath on Wednesday morning. For the activists who occupied the village to protect it from opencast lignite mining, this means…
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Erkelenz, Berlin It’s still dark when the sirens wail in Lützerath on Wednesday morning. For the activists who occupied the village to protect it from opencast lignite mining, this means…
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Erkelenz, Berlin Massive police forces began evacuating the village of Lützerath on the edge of the Rhenish lignite mining area in North Rhine-Westphalia on Wednesday. Hundreds of police officers moved…
Why a car manufacturer is planning a junkyard
Cologne A car manufacturer with an attached junkyard? At Stellantis, this is not absurd, but forward-looking – and is called circular economy. By 2030, the new “Circular Economy” business unit…
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…
Green textiles in the fight against climate change
Vienna In the small town of Lenzing in Upper Austria, when long blocks of wood are being chopped up into snippets with a deafening noise, it is not immediately apparent…
This is how attractive heating with wood is for homeowners
Heat from wood pellets (symbol image) Heating with wood has increased significantly in Germany. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Dusseldorf There are currently many arguments in favor of replacing old oil or gas…
This is how attractive heating with wood is for homeowners
Heat from wood pellets (symbol image) Heating with wood has increased significantly in Germany. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Dusseldorf There are currently many arguments in favor of replacing old oil or gas…
Why the building industry emits so much CO2
Modern building This is what a part-timber construction should look like in the future. Bochum, Dusseldorf In a mouse-grey Bochum settlement, of all places, where apartment buildings are lined up…
The CO2 has to get out of the air – but how?
Forest in Bavaria Trees naturally absorb CO2 from the air. But afforestation also has its limits. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Even the most ambitious savings program for greenhouse gas emissions could…
What natural gas is used for in Germany
Berlin, Dusseldorf If Moscow threatens to stop supplying natural gas, this is a problem for Germany in particular: more than half of the gas consumption in this country is covered…
How the heat transition can work by 2035 – Wuppertal Institute presents a scenario
The building sector is one of the biggest energy guzzlers and climate sinners. A good 75 percent of residential buildings in Germany are equipped with oil or gas heating, and…
iPoint helps corporations to see through
Jorg Walden The entrepreneur started iPoint 20 years ago with a partner as a small, automotive-oriented consultancy for process optimization. (Photo: iPoint) Stuttgart A BMW i8 is parked at the…
Podcast Handelsblatt Green: How green is nuclear power?
Dusseldorf Nuclear power – yes, please! This is how the EU Commission could paraphrase the original slogan of the opponents of nuclear power. EU politicians plan to classify energy from…
“Right to Repair” movement aims to make it easier to repair electrical appliances
Dusseldorf The end is announced weeks in advance. At first the electric toothbrush only lasts a good minute, soon only a few seconds, and at some point nothing moves at…
Circular Economy: Economy without waste: What Germany can learn from the trendsetter Netherlands
Holland wants to create a waste-free economy by 2050. Whether it’s leftover bread or recycled cement: businesses and municipalities start one project after the other. .source site
Why recycling will be the next revolution in industry
Dusseldorf The car is sparkling and sleek, like many other car models. But in the small electric car that BMW presented at this year’s IAA motor show, the concentrated future…
Why recycling will be the next revolution in industry
Dusseldorf The car is sparkling and sleek, like many other car models. But in the small electric car that BMW presented at this year’s IAA motor show, the concentrated future…