As Lent begins, the ecumenical climate fasting campaign calls on people to make their everyday lives more climate-friendly. Under the motto “As much as you need…”, 14 Protestant regional churches, nine Catholic dioceses and diocesan councils, and the aid organizations Bread for the World and Misereor are participating in the project.The campaign aims to provide […]
There are quite a few self-proclaimed climate protectors in the corporate world. But according to the new Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor by the New Climate Institute, these companies are failing to live up to their own claims. The 2030 climate targets of the companies examined fall far short of the emission reductions required for 1.5 […]
Climate change was not the main cause of the exceptionally low rainfall that led to drought in much of Argentina and Uruguay last year. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) initiative.However, while climate change has not actively caused the low rainfall, it has indirectly exacerbated the drought through […]
Most carbon credits – voluntary allowances to offset emissions – lack quality. This is the conclusion of a new study by the Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) of the WWF, Environmental Defense Fund and Oeko-Institut.“There are serious problems with how some methodologies estimate emissions reductions,” said Lambert Schneider, Research Coordinator for International Climate Policy at […]
On the occasion of the EU-Ukraine summit on Friday, the Berlin-based think tank Adelphi will publish a paper with recommendations for a green reconstruction of the country after the war.Through the Adelphi recommendations, Ukraine could:become independent of fossil fuels from Russia,accelerate the integration into the EU and seize new economic opportunities, write authors Iryna Holovko […]
According to a new study by the University of Hamburg, it is unrealistic to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. The scientists of the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS) see the lack of societal change as the main reason.To meet the Paris climate goals, societal change is more important than physical […]
It was a central campaign promise of Colombia’s leftist President Gustavo Petro to stop issuing new oil and gas licenses. But it now seems doubtful that he will be able to keep it. As the Guardian, among others, reports, there is also strong opposition within the government.Petro has only a slim majority in parliament. In […]
If the EU wants to become carbon-neutral by 2050, agriculture must also reduce its emissions as far down towards zero as possible. In Germany, the Climate Change Act sets reduction targets for the agricultural sector. And at the EU level, new, more climate-friendly regulations for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have been in force since […]
Worldwide, mankind currently emits more than 41 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. If other greenhouse gases are included, the volume rises to around 50 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. At the same time – and this is an initial estimate – around two billion metric tons of carbon dioxide are […]
“We are not, and will not be, a ‘climate policymaker.’” US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell has clearly rejected the idea that central banks should use their available resources to actively drive the transformation toward a climate-friendly economy. This was reported by several media outlets. Powell was speaking at a conference of the Swedish […]