Liste von Verfehlungen der Deutschen Regierung (primär CDU/CSU und SPD). Juni 2019: Trotz steigender CO2-Emissionen fördert die Bundesregierung vor allem den Straßenverkehr. Sie gefährdet damit die eigenen Klimaziele. Die Bundesregierung verweigert seit Jahren eine klimafreundlichere Verkehrspolitik. Das geht aus aktuellen Zahlen des Bundesverkehrsministeriums hervor. So stiegen etwa die Kosten für Zugfahrten seit 2009 deutlich stärker an als…
The CDU is Germany’s leading party, even though losing big stakes in recent elections to the far-right and the Green party. The current debate in light of Germany’s lack of climate change actions, let alone leadership, centers around taxation of carbon dioxide emitting fossil fuels. A carbon tax is a tax levied on the carbon content of fuels.[1] It is a form…
An oil war is a conflict about petroleum resources, or their transportation, consumption, or regulation. The term may also refer generally to any conflict in a region that contains oil reserves or is geographically positioned in a location where an entity has or may wish to develop production or transportation infrastructure for petroleum products. Historically,…
The broad spectrum of thoughts about the future Earth, changed forever by human caused global warming. There are those who claim we head for the extinction of the species in a few years. Then there are people who look at certain worst case scenarios, or here, or here – there are many more, extreme feedbacks…
Panel discussion on climate leadership at the World Economic Forum, January 24, 2019. Speakers Andy Serwer (Editor in Chief Yahoo Finance) Mark Rutte (Prime Minister of the Netherlands) Christian Mumenthaler (CEO Swiss Re) Feike Sybesma (CEO Royal DSM) Rachel Kyte (UN Sustainable Energy) Ma Jun (Chairman China Green Finance) According to the UN Intergovernmental Panel…
Special address by the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres at the World Economic Forum, January 24, 2019. Source, https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting/sessions/special-address-by-antonio-guterres-secretary-general-of-the-united-nations-e018d7ec-4526-4c72-bb33-45ecdb89f468
Part of the panel discussion at COP24 in Katowice (Poland) December 4, 2018, on climate risks, as part of the IPCC Special Event: Unpacking the new scientific knowledge and key findings in the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C. Watch the full panel here https://unfccc-cop24.streamworld.de/webcast/sbsta-ipcc-special-event-unpacking-the-new-scienti Read the summary report here https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/
On June 29th, 1988, the House Science, Space and Technology subcommittees held a joint hearing on the threat of global warming. James Scheuer, Jessica Mathews, and Daniel L. Albritton discussed how to act on climate change on an international scale. Current Drought and Global Warming https://www.c-span.org/video/?3246-1/current-drought-global-warming
On June 29th, 1988, the House Science, Space and Technology subcommittees held a joint hearing on the threat of global warming. Here the segment of Jessica Mathews’s (World Resource Institute) statement. Current Drought and Global Warming https://www.c-span.org/video/?3246-1/current-drought-global-warming Jessica Mathews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Mathews Watch from this hearing: