Recording: By loading the video, you accept YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unlock YouTuben 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 […]
Clean batteries: Looking for your concrete suggestions
Dear friends, dear interested, Whether it’s the transition to e-mobility or the electrification of our heating systems: Batteries are a key technology in the fight against climate change. If we want to move away from dirty combustion engines and oil and gas heating, we need much more storage capacity. The global battery production will therefore […]
EU climate law: member states put the brakes on ambition, use accounting tricks to increase climate target
Link, to spread this information on twitter/facebook: https://sven-giegold.de/en/low-ambition-member-states-tricks Dear friends dear interested, Unfortunately, today started with very sobering news. After 15 hours of intense negotiations between the European Parliament, the Member States and the European Commission, the first European climate law is in place. But what should have been a milestone for climate protection turns […]
Credible Sustainable Finance rules: The worst has been avoided for now, but green hazards remain
Today, on 21 April 2021, the EU Commission presented the long-awaited first Delegated Act on the Taxonomy Regulation. The Delegated Act defines the criteria that economic activities must fulfil in order to be considered sustainable in the Taxonomy with regard to climate change mitigation or adaptation. In the last weeks, the Commission had considered softening […]
Urgent Petition: Save the European Green Deal!
Sign here: https://www.change.org/save-the-eu-green-deal Dear friends, dear interested The European election was the first-ever climate election. Millions of people took to the streets. Their demand to politicians: Finally take the climate crisis and science seriously! However, it turns out that these calls were not actually heard. The new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched […]
Europe’s air is getting cleaner! European Parliament votes for stricter limit values
Dear friends, dear interested, A great success for our health and environment! The European Parliament adopted yesterday evening (March 25, 2021) a strong report on the implementation of EU rules on air quality. After months of work, it is a deeply green report full of green proposals! We find: Europe’s clean air laws are […]