Recording: follows soon Dear friends, The decision day is here: Next Tuesday (14/6), the European Parliament's Environment and Economics Committees will vote on whether nuclear power and natural gas should be given an eco-label, just as renewables - as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants. International investor organisations, EU member states, environmental associations and […]
Register here now! Dear friends, The time has come. This Wednesday, the EU Parliament will take its final vote on the EU Commission's proposal to classify gas and nuclear power as sustainable. The Economic and Environmental Committee of the EU Parliament had already clearly rejected this three weeks ago. Now, the all-important vote in the […]
Recording here: Dear friends, There could be a revolution in EU agricultural policy. The EU Commission is setting a new course for the Union’s genetic engineering law: certain novel techniques of new genetic engineering such as CRISPR could be exempted from regulation by the genetic engineering law in the future, and, thus, become more commonplace […]
Recording here: Dear friends, Even before the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine began, global food prices had reached record levels. With the outbreak of the war, the blockades of the Black Sea ports and destroyed fields, the Food and Agriculture Organisation's food price index has once again jumped, in some cases by 17% (see […]
Recording below / Slides: Hermanin | Lindberg | Orlowski Dear friends, On Sunday, 25.09.2022, Italy will elect a new parliament. All polls point to a majority for the right-wing camp, led by Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the neo-fascist party "Fratelli d'Italia". This would mean that after the election in Sweden, another far-right government would […]
Gravação de vídeo: Caros amigos, caras pessoas interessadas! No domingo passado, 2 de Outubro, o Brasil realizou eleições. O actual presidente de direita Jair Bolsonaro e os seus aliados fizeram melhor do que o esperado a nível federal e estadual. Antes da segunda volta das eleições para a presidência em 30.10.2022, o candidato, o ex-presidente […]
Recording: Dear friends, dear interested, One year after the federal elections and after ten months of a "traffic light" government consisting of the Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals, it is time for a first personal assessment. After a year dominated by the Ukraine war and the energy crisis, the federal government and Europe as a […]
Recording below | Download Slides here: Christina Eckes & Fabian Flues Dear friends, There is probably no other international treaty that hinders the energy transition as much as the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). With it, fossil fuel companies have a sharp sword to protect their climate-damaging investments - against democratic decisions by citizens, parliaments and […]
Register here! Dear friends, Since July, the Czech Republic holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. Well into the second half of its six month term dominated by the Russian war of aggression and the energy crisis, we are sending live from the Czech capital Prague in cooperation with the German […]
Recording: Dear friends, The 27th UN Climate Change Conference currently underway in Egypt is overshadowed by Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine, the European energy crisis and the global comeback of coal, oil and gas. Is the climate conference threatening to be a disaster or is there still hope in these gloomy times? The global […]
Recording below / Prof Höhne's slides to download here Dear friends, The 27th World Climate Conference has ended. Now it is time for a conclusion and a close look at the final declaration of the COP27 in Egypt. What does the agreement mean for the goal of limiting global warming to below 2°C? Were the […]
Recording here: Dear friends, Is ecocide gaining momentum as a criminal offence for the mass damage and destruction of ecosystems worldwide? A large window of opportunity An outstanding opportunity is currently open available in the European Union: for the member states and the EU parliament, the revision of the EU Environmental Criminal Law Directive means […]
Recording here: Dear friends, The years 2015 to 2022 were the eight hottest on record. We are in the middle of the climate crisis. At the same time, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has caused an energy crisis in Europe; as a result, more lignite-fired piles are running in Germany than planned and […]