Technische und politisch-soziale Innovationen: Nicht nur Ingenieure sind gefragt, sondern wir alle
Kürzlich gab es mal wieder eine deutsche Talkshow mit prominenter Hamburger Professorenbeteiligung. Hans von Storch, mein Kollege an der Universität Hamburg und ehemaliger Leiter des Instituts für Küstenforschung am Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, saß in der „Hart aber fair“-Sendung von Frank Plasberg zum Thema Klimapolitik. Drum herum die üblichen Verdächtigen: ein Klima-Aktivist, eine Grünen-Politikerin, ein konservativer Publizist […]
Climate change litigation with a global approach: Interview with attorney Gisela Toussaint
A while ago, we explained what climate change litigation is, and presented some case examples that have been featured in the media (see here). For this post, we conducted a telephone interview with the climate change litigation expert Gisela Toussaint, who has already been part of several initiatives appealing to different courts. She explains further […]
‘Tis the season again: COP25 in Madrid has started
The last month of the year has begun, Christmas decorations are taking over the cities, and another climate conference has started.
Working paper series: Sustainable Lives
In a series of working papers, findings and ideas from the project “Sustainable Lives: Food Choices as Politics and Lifestyle” will be published in a sustainable and easily accessible way. The working papers will be in German or English, depending on their production context. Here are the first three working papers, written as project reports […]
Lecture Series Sustainable Lives: Carbon Offsetting with Eco-Conscious Consumers
In the last part of the lecture series organised by the “Sustainable Lives” project, Gilvan “Gil“ C. Souza , Professor at Bloomington, Indiana University, will talk about Carbon Offsetting with Eco-Conscious Consumers. He will present a model of a firm that can reduce its carbon footprint in response to the emergence of a segment of […]
Das Klimaschutzprogramm 2030: eine Farce
Vor gut einem Monat hat das Klimakabinett der Bundesregierung sein Klimaschutzprogramm 2030, meist bezeichnet als “Klimapaket”, vorgestellt. Das Programm wurde häufig für mangelnden Ehrgeiz kritisiert. Beispielsweise meint Patrick Graichen, Direktor des Thinktanks Agora Energiewende, dass die vorgesehenen Maßnahmen „bestenfalls für ein Drittel des Weges“ bis zur 2030er Ziellinie reichen. Ich habe mir die Zusammenfassung des […]
Climate protests in the court room – Climate change litigation is on the rise
Besides demonstrations in the streets and public calls for climate action, activists are also attempting to fight for stricter climate protection laws by employing the legal system. Filing lawsuits against nations and states, political actors or companies in the context of climate change is called climate change litigation. Recently, some cases have gained prominence in […]
Climate Communications Awards – You Can Vote!
Edit 8 November: The vote is already closed now and the winners have been announced yesterday: they are two young women with their impressive poetic video “Rise”, which you can watch here. —- The British climate communication organisation Climate Outreach has initiated the Climate Communication Awards to recognise outstanding individuals worldwide “who are driving public […]
Climate change reporting abounds in September
Our colleagues at the University of Colorado Boulder Media and Climate Change Observatory (MECCO) have spotlighted a long-time high in newspaper reporting about climate change – a trend we can substantiate with our own data on other news outlets. In September, media attention to climate change and global warming was at its highest level globally […]
Tag 2 des K3 Klimakongresses: Beichten zum Brunch
„Ich bin gewissermaßen gescheitert in der Klimakommunikation“. Mit diesem schwerwiegenden Eingeständnis eröffnete Mojib Latif, Klimaforscher und Vorsitzender des Deutschen Klima-Konsortiums, den Pressebrunch am zweiten Tag des K3 Kongresses zu Klimawandel, Kommunikation und Gesellschaft. Neben Latif standen noch drei weitere ExpertInnen den anwesenden JournalistInnen Rede und Antwort.