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The Wettbewerbszentrale recently criticised several companies, including Aldi Süd, for using the term climate neutrality in a misleading and non-transparent way. Yet this term has been established for many years. Since the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, it has been clear that CO2 emissions caused in an industrialised country can be compensated elsewhere – for example […]

The Potential Atlas of Green Hydrogen by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) shows almost unbelievable possibilities for energy cooperation between Europe and Africa. According to this, up to 165,000 terawatt hours of green hydrogen can be produced annually in West Africa alone. […]

Das deutsche Klimaziel bis 2030 wird von 55% Reduktion im Vergleich zu 1990 auf 65% erhöht. Seit 1990 sind im energienahen Bereich 40% Reduktion von etwa 1050 Millionen Tonnen CO2 auf 630 Millionen Tonnen CO2 gelungen. Dies war vergleichsweise einfach im Vergleich zu dem seit Ende 2019 – in der ersten Version des Klimaschutzgesetzes – anvisierten 55% […]

Global Energy Solutions comments on the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Climate Protection Act. The court targets a lack of intergenerational justice and calls on policymakers to take measures that lead to the achievement of the 2°C or better even 1.5°C target. The central element of the argumentation is the so-called budget approach. GES finds […]

The potential of Nature-based Solutions is huge. A reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere by 10 billion tonnes annually is possible. This is confirmed by a publication in the renowned journal nature. Reforestation, rainforest protection or humus formation in agriculture bring positive development effects in the sense of the 2030 agenda and contribute to the […]