Tag: climate
Climate policy: How the EU wants to expand emissions trading
background As of: 07/29/2021 8:22 am Certificates for CO2 emissions have been traded in Europe for many years, and the system is now to be expanded. However, there are still…
Austria: How climate change is causing the Jamtalferner to melt – Reise
Of Hans Gasser, Galtür It is a long way to the palliative care station of the Jamtal Glacier. And if you will, Andrea Fischer is his dying companion. “I’ll give…
Climate protection: Bavaria is only mediocre when it comes to renewable energies
The Prime Minister regularly repeats how good Bavaria is when it comes to renewable energies. The reality is different – the Free State ranks seventh in a country comparison. .…
Firefighters confronted with “Dixie Fire” which generates its own climate
The biggest fire in California, which has already devoured the equivalent of the city of Chicago in vegetation, is so large that it now generates its own climate, at the…
Climate policy: Now it’s up to the citizens – opinion
Politicians were there, but there were no consequences. Anyone who expected that after the march in the flood area, climate policy would become the central issue in this so far…
New report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: The forecast is not more beautiful, but more accurate
background Status: 07/25/2021 4:54 p.m. On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will begin the final meeting on the new status report. Representatives from almost 200 countries together…
Flood Disaster: About the Desperation of Climate Scientists – Politics
Luis Samaniego is a hydrologist, he knows about moisture and climate change and extreme weather. But when scientists like him say what’s in store for us, they are often threatened.…
Bavaria, NRW: The climate is not interested in state balance sheets – economy
When it comes to climate protection, Germany’s largest federal states are staging a competition that does not help anyone. The latest example: Markus Söder, whose CSU has been part of…
What is the carbon market, Brussels’ big bet to achieve its new climate objective?
Exit on – 40%. The European Union is now targeting a 55% reduction in its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 compared to 1990. But raising its climate target is…
G20 Environment Minister: No agreement on more ambitious climate targets
Status: 07/24/2021 12:12 a.m. More ambitious climate goals – nonexistent. The environment and energy ministers of the G20 countries have not been able to agree on this. On the German…