20. April 2024
The current situation: worrying
In recent years, the debate on climate change has evolved from a question of scientific knowledge to a central political issue. Nevertheless, we are still a long way from the emissions reduction pathway agreed under international law. We do not have a knowledge problem, we have a massive implementation problem, because one climate target after another is being missed.
19. April 2024
Currently, it can be observed in the media that, on the one hand, politicians emphasize what has already been done for climate prot. while on the other hand science and environmental associations alarm that these measures are "too little and too late". We have taken a closer look at the phenomenon and compiled the structural facts for the insufficient action in the current system.
01. April 2024
Many people want effective climate protection. But the truth is that people want prices not to rise even more. Anyone who believes that the transformation required to defossilize our economy can take place without any effort or costs is lying to themselves. The costs necessary for the transformation will of course be passed on by the industry to the products and to us end consumers.
30. March 2024
Are you familiar with the term commons?
"The commons (also the communal land or communal property) is a part of the communal assets (land, water, forest) that may be used as common property by the entire population" (source: Wikipedia).
10. March 2024
... to reliably achieve a coordinated emissions reduction trajectory. Emergent systems are characterized by the emergence of new properties in a complex system as a result of the interaction of its elements. Emergence arises on the basis of spontaneous self-organization, as can be observed in schools of fish or flocks of birds, for example.
01. March 2024
The need to actively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is becoming increasingly important in the scientific debate. There now seems to be a consensus that reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone is no longer enough to achieve the climate target.
Robert Habeck also commented on this in a recent statement: "CCS (carbon capture and storage) technology can be used to capture and store emissions that are difficult or impossible to avoid.
29. February 2024
A recent study shows that a majority of Germans are calling on politicians to step up climate protection. However, when it comes to sanctioning climate-damaging behavior through higher prices, this is met with rejection. An ambivalent relationship that should give us food for thought. This is the result of a recent study conducted by the opinion research institute Pollytix on behalf of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
23. February 2024
When cheap goods destroy the environment and profits are the only survivors:
The irony of a world that strives for climate protection, yet "cheap", "harmful" and "irresponsible" is becoming the new trend. A critical examination of the business model of TEMU and similar companies that offer cheap products at the expense of the environment and social responsibility, and fuel the trend of overconsumption.
16. February 2024
If you want to do something for climate protection, you have to reduce your carbon footprint - that's the conventional wisdom: buy locally, use LED lamps, consume less ... But the bitter truth is that we won't stop the earth from heating up with individual CO2-saving tips.
The dilemma: in the current system, we cannot consume in line with our budget because there are hardly any climate-friendly consumption alternatives and the savings from doing without are small.
16. February 2024
This post perfectly conveys the core of the problem. Las Vegas is everywhere. Even without private jets, we ALL live above our budget - because we can, because we want to, because we are selfish - more or less. And also because we simply lack climate-friendly consumer alternatives on a realistic scale.