Sven Giegold

Month: May 2021

Action plan without enforcement: Commission presents toothless plan for zero pollution target

Alongside climate change and biodiversity loss, the pollution crisis is the third major global environmental crisis. However, it is often overlooked, although there is no other area where there are so great direct health effects. One in eight deaths in the EU is caused by pollution. Air pollution alone is now responsible for more than […]

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Webinar “A Crucial Year for the Climate: What good is the German climate law and the EU Green Deal.” – Wed, 12/5, 1800 CEST

Recording: Dear friends, dear interested, About 10 days ago the federal constitutional court in Germany ruled that the German Climate Law is insufficient to protect young and future generations’ liberty rights including the right to a good life. At the same time, we see that the EU Green Deal is lagging behind what is necessary […]

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Webinar “European Churches – Churches in Europe” – Thursday, 13 May 2021, 4-6pm CEST

Aufzeichnung: Dear friends, dear interested, Europe and its churches are going through a period of tremor and renewal. In a time of crises European societies are doing some soul-searching and quarrelling with their own values of individual freedom and dignity for all, the rule of law and democracy, human rights and sustainability. Equally the role […]

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