The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks into a microphone during a demonstration by the movement “Fridays for Future”. Before her trip to Glasgow, Thunberg spoke in an online interview with the BBC over the weekend about her expectations for the UN Climate Change Conference. Photo: Etrik Simander / TT NEWS AGENCY / AP /…
Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, opens the Saudi Green Initiative Forum. The world’s leading oil exporter Saudi Arabia aims to become climate neutral by 2060. This was announced by bin Salman on Saturday. Photo: – / SPA / dpa – ATTENTION: For editorial use only and only with full mention of…
Professor Antoine Pelissolo is head of the psychiatry department at Henri-Mondor and Albert-Chenevier hospitals (AP-HP, Créteil). His latest work, Emotions of climate change (Flammarion, 220 pages, 19 euros), co-written with the psychiatric intern Célie Massini, explores the direct and indirect effects of global warming on mental health, and offers solutions to deal with them. Interview…
Saturday 23 October 2021 Largest oil exporter goes green Saudi Arabia aims to be climate neutral by 2060 Saudi Arabia is actually one of the brakes on global climate protection. But the Crown Prince is under pressure. Investors are threatening to turn away from the country’s most profitable oil company because of high CO2 emissions….
HANDOUT – Climate activists Adriana Calderon from Fridays for Future Mexico (lr), Mitzi Jonelle Tan from Fridays for Future Philippines and Kevin Mtai from Fridays for Future Kenya and Earth uprising are calling on rich countries like Germany to take more determined action against the climate crisis. Photo: – / Fridays for Future / dpa…
Saturday 23 October 2021 More CO2 emissions than India Concrete and cement fuel climate change The need for concrete and cement is growing with increasing urbanization – especially in Africa and Asia. However, large amounts of CO2 are released during production, around one tonne of CO2 for every tonne of cement. That should change by…
QUENTIN FALCOMPRESSED The lack of solidarity between rich and poor states risks slowing down the fight against climate change. At the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21), developed countries pledged to mobilize 100 billion dollars (86 billion euros, at the current rate) per year by 2020 for nations in development. Only $ 80 billion was redistributed…
The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (M) walks through the streets together with other climate activists during a demonstration by the movement “Fridays for Future”. Photo: Etrik Simander / Tt / TT NEWS AGENCY / AP / dpa During a protest march through Thunberg’s hometown Stockholm on Friday, in addition to Swedes, climate protection activists…
Wind turbines in Klein Bünzow According to Greenpeace, an ambitious climate policy and a strong economy are not mutually exclusive. According to an investigation of several scenarios by the environmental protection organization, ambitious climate protection can generate hundreds of thousands of additional jobs. On average, there will be around 275,000 additional jobs by 2030 –…
The US President Joe Biden attends a town hall event on CNN. At the event on Thursday evening, Biden warned of the consequences of climate change with drastic words and called for decisive action. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP / dpa “Climate change is the existential threat to humanity,” said Biden on Thursday evening (local…
Friday October 22, 2021 Report warns on three points Intelligence: Climate threatens US security Climate change and its consequences are nowhere near as far removed from rich industrial countries as many believe. The 18 US secret services see a threat to the “national security” of the US. Because not only global warming itself is a…
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, holds palms together as he walks to the lectern at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly at United Nations headquarters. Photo: Eduardo Munoz / Pool Reuters / AP / dpa This was confirmed by a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London on Thursday. “India plays…
