Climate & Energy

Es hat schon satirische Züge. Während die USA weltweit für schwache Klimaziele in der Kritik stehen, muss der ehemalige Vizepräsident Al Gore zu Hause seine Investitionen in erneuerbare Energien verteidigen.

chon wegen dieser Position hagelte es Kritik von Mitgliedern, fordern doch etliche Unternehmen in der USA endlich erste Schritte beim Klimaschutz. Doch es kam noch besser: Unlängst schlug die Kammer vor, ein Wissenschaftstribunal einzurichten, um zu entscheiden, ob der Klimawandel wirklich eine ernsthafte Bedrohung für die Menscheit sei.

The Brandeis Forum on Environmental Crisis presents a panel, open discussion, and film “The Age of Stupid"

The Heinrich Boell Foundation will host this panel on renewable heating and cooling during the “Solar Power International 2009”. The audience will learn about the future of the solar thermal heating and cooling market, with panel discussions on existing trends and policy incentives to spur development.

The present report by the Wuppertal Institute is meant to take stock of the current situation and identify the most suitable areas, the most effective instruments and the best practices for promoting this transformation.

This session at the Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) Fall Retreat in Anchorage, Alaska, focused on “Investments Into Renewable Energies –What policies do Work?” Andreas Krämer of the Berlin-based Ecologic Institute and Wilson Rickerson of Meister Consulting addressed differences and similarities of renewable energies in Germany and the US.

On June 23, at a panel discussion with Jürgen Trittin, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Worldwatch Institute released the English version of their new report Towards a Transatlantic Green New Deal: Tackling the Climate and Economic Crises. The report examines ways in which the current economic downturn is an opportunity to fight climate change while creating quality jobs.