Tag: Climate Friday
Climate column: The best books and films on the climate crisis – knowledge
As a reader of this newsletter, you are probably familiar with this: sometimes you just don’t feel like hearing climate news anymore. All the escalating temperatures and measurements, this week…
The Ethics Council has little to say about climate change – knowledge
One would think that ethicists would have a lot to say about the climate crisis: after all, it threatens fundamental human rights, such as security, health and property. It’s about…
SZ climate column: Then the Anthropocene is not called Anthropocene – knowledge
Geologists have long been discussing whether it might not be time to declare the age shaped by humans – the Anthropocene. But an age is not something that can be…
Climate neutrality with obstacles – knowledge
Leila Benali, the Minister for Energy Transition and Sustainable Development in Morocco, correctly classified the problem during the Munich Security Conference: “Humanity has never had to answer such questions.” Due…
Climate money in cash? – Knowledge
Perhaps the bitterest thing about the fact that the planned climate money is being delayed further and further towards the end of the day is the missed symbolic opportunity. The…
Climate protection: There we have the salad!
City dwellers are considered politically correct if they grow vegetables in the front yard or on the roof. However, your good conscience is unfounded – at least when it comes…
Agriculture and environmental protection – do they still go together? – Knowledge
You can’t always say that everything was better in the past. When young people in Munich jumped into the Isar in the 1980s, some came out with a skin rash.…
SZ climate column: What have we done for the climate in 2023? – Knowledge
It’s hard to believe, but it’s already been a year, almost. But the sky won’t fall on our heads between now and January 1st, so we can reasonably expect the…
COP28 in Dubai: What the resolutions mean – Knowledge
How should we evaluate the results of the climate conference in Dubai? In the past few days, hardly an hour went by without me receiving an email from researchers, think…
COP28 in Dubai: Is the phase-out of fossil fuels coming? – Knowledge
There are weeks when it just feels like tearing you apart. Last week was one of those. World leaders have been negotiating at the climate conference in Dubai for eight…