Because the Swiss building materials giant Holcim has emitted enormous amounts of CO₂, Indonesians affected by climate change are demanding compensation. German companies are also increasingly being sued. But are the courts really responsible?from Thomas Hummel and Wolfgang Janisch, KarlsruheArif Pujianto from the Indonesian island of Pari explains what it means when the sea level rises: "When there are storms, our flat island is increasingly flooded." The 52-year-old mechanic is sitting on the beach on Wednesday afternoon with his compatriots...
climate activism Long-distance flight discussion: last generation complains about double standards A roadblock by activists from the Last Generation group. photo © Swen Pförtner/dpa A media report about climate activists who allegedly missed a court date because of a trip to Bali caused a lot of malice. But the last generation disagrees. In the debate about two climate protectors who have been criticized for taking a long-distance plane trip to Asia, the Last Generation climate protection movement has complained about...
Because the Swiss building materials giant Holcim has emitted enormous amounts of CO₂, Indonesians affected by climate change are demanding compensation. German companies are also increasingly being sued. But are the courts really responsible?from Thomas Hummel and Wolfgang Janisch, KarlsruheArif Pujianto from the Indonesian island of Pari explains what it means when the sea level rises: "When there are storms, our flat island is increasingly flooded." The 52-year-old mechanic is sitting on the beach on Wednesday afternoon with his compatriots...
"Where will this end?" asked presiding judge Klaus Kurtz in his verdict towards Ernst Hörmann. The Freising climate activist appeared on Wednesday in the Landshut district court in the hope of obtaining an acquittal for himself. In March of last year, as part of a "last generation" campaign, he stuck posters on the windows of the Deutsche Bank branch on Untere Hauptstrasse in Freising. These were difficult to remove, so that Hörmann was sentenced to a total fine of 800...
Can the 1.5 degree target still be reached? According to a Hamburg research team, that depends primarily on ten social factors - and things don't look good everywhere. source site
from Helmut Martin-JungDigital associations, the EU, governments - they all agree on one thing: Digitization is indispensable if the climate goals are to be achieved. But is that actually true? Janna Axenbeck wanted to know exactly: In a study, the economist from the Center for European Economics in Darmstadt evaluated data from 16,000 German manufacturing companies in the period from 2009 to 2017. According to the International Energy Agency, this branch of industry is responsible for 26 percent of global...
After the riots in Lützerath, the question is whether the climate activists are becoming radicalized. The interior minister warns against left-wing extremism. Why the movement is still not a case for the protection of the constitution. "Shoot the cops in the testicles" is written in black and red letters on a house wall. After the climate protests, graffiti of this kind are the last thing left from the climate protest in Lützerath. A protest that was actually committed to civil...
protest Cake on royal wax figure: climate activists have to pay The wax model of King Charles III. will be smeared with a cake. photo © Just Stop Oil/PA/dpa A chocolate cake protest has cost two environmental activists dearly. You have to shell out almost 4000 euros and also pay for the court costs. Because they are the image of King Charles III. threw cakes at Madame Tussauds in London, climate activists in the UK have to pay thousands of...
from Anna ErnestLouis Klamroth has to be used for love stories in the tabloids and angry headlines from the house of Axel Springer. The moderator, 33, who was once acclaimed alongside his own father as a child actor in the "Miracle of Bern", has been the moderator of since the beginning of the year Hard but fair and thus the face of ARD on Monday evening. He also shares his private life with the climate activist Luisa Neubauer from Fridays...
from Helmut Martin-JungDigital associations, the EU, governments - they all agree on one thing: Digitization is indispensable if the climate goals are to be achieved. But is that actually true? Janna Axenbeck wanted to know exactly: In a study, the economist from the Center for European Economics in Darmstadt evaluated data from 16,000 German manufacturing companies in the period from 2009 to 2017. According to the International Energy Agency, this branch of industry is responsible for 26 percent of global...
