International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Green Recovery in India to Strengthen Sustainable Agriculture As of 2019, in addition to ensuring food security, agriculture has contributed 15.9% to the Indian GDP and employed 42.3% of its population. International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Principles and Criteria of Green Recovery in India that enable NDC-enhancement in 2021 Against the background of the social, economic and political COVID-19 effects on India, all business-as-usual scenarios for economic development and emission trends of Indian and resilient society building are outdated. There is both the possibility of an accelerated structural change to renewable energy, away from fossil fuels and combustion engines and the danger of a massive rebound effect for the emissions path. The same width of possibilities exists between society-wide resilience building and intensified inequality. International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Promotion of Renewable Energy at the heart of Green Recovery in India Against the background of the social, economic and political COVID-19 effects on India, all business-as-usual scenarios for economic development and emission trends of Indian and resilient society building are outdated. There is both the possibility of an accelerated structural change to renewable energy, away from fossil fuels and combustion engines and the danger of a massive rebound effect for the emissions path. The same width of possibilities exists between society-wide resilience building and intensified inequality. International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Green Recovery in India to Strengthen Overall Social Resilience Against the background of the social, economic and political COVID-19 effects on India, all business-as-usual scenarios for economic development and emission trends of Indian and resilient society building are outdated. There is both the possibility of an accelerated structural change to renewable energy, away from fossil fuels and combustion engines and the danger of a massive rebound effect for the emissions path. The same width of possibilities exists between society-wide resilience building and intensified inequality. International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Financing of a systemic energy transition in the aftermath of Corona pandemic Against the background of the social, economic and political COVID-19 effects on India, all business-as-usual scenarios for economic development and emission trends of Indian and resilient society building are outdated. There is both the possibility of an accelerated structural change to renewable energy, away from fossil fuels and combustion engines and the danger of a massive rebound effect for the emissions path. The same width of possibilities exists between society-wide resilience building and intensified inequality. Climate Litigation Blog post | 26.11.2020 5 Years of climate litigation against RWE – a milestone for climate justice Am 24. November 2015 zog Saúl Luciano Lliuya aus der peruanischen Andenstadt Huaraz für den Schutz seines Lebensraumes vor ein deutsches Gericht. Er reichte seine Klage ein, um einen der größten Emittenten für die Folgen seiner klimaschädlichen Wirtschaftsweise haftbar zu machen. Mit dem Fall Huaraz wurde juristisches Neuland betreten. Inzwischen ist es eine weltweit wahrgenommene Musterklage, die es in die Beweisaufnahme geschafft hat und eine Signalwirkung wie keine andere Klage entfaltet. EU climate policy and carbon pricingInternational climate co-operation Blog post | 20.06.2020 EU-China Climate Tandem: A necessity in the interest of both sides The conflict between the US and China over leadership in the coming world order is becoming more intense - and forcing the EU to clarify its own relationship with China. Co-operation on climate policy can play a key strategic role in this process. It is therefore high on the agenda of the German EU Council Presidency in the second half of this year. International climate co-operation Blog post | 07.05.2020 EU-Western Balkans Summit in Times of Corona Crisis: Energy Transition Partnerships with the Western Balkans - an opportunity for the EU When EU and Western Balkan leaders met on May 5th for a virtual EU-Western Balkans summit, the main focus was on the response to the Corona crisis and the EU accession prospects for the countries of the region. However, one topic should not be forgotten: the development of the energy sector in the Western Balkans. Both sides could gain a great deal from Energy Transition Partnerships, especially in order to create future prospects for the economy after the corona crisis. International climate co-operation Blog post | 14.04.2020 Building resilience: climate impacts and corona The poorest populations in the Global South are fighting against the yet unforeseeable consequences of the coronavirus and the impacts of climate change simultaneously. They urgently need support in building resilience to the health and climate crises and in dealing with unavoidable climate impacts. Climate Litigation Blog post | 01.04.2020 The Right to a Future – Demanding Climate Justice in Court Anyone who violates another person’s fundamental rights by emitting greenhouse gases bears a double legal duty: First, to put a stop to this harm so that the (fundamental) rights of others are not undermined. Pagination First page Previous page … Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Last page Bloggers Christoph BalsChief Policy Officer Jan BurckSenior Advisor – Low-Carbon Strategies & Energy, Project Lead Climate Indices (currently absent) Oldag CasparHead of Division – German and European Climate Policy David EcksteinSenior Advisor – Climate Finance and Investments Dr. Anja Carolin GebelPolicy Advisor – Development Banks and Climate Julia GrimmSenior Advisor – Climate Finance and Adaptation Cornelia HeydenreichHead of Division – Corporate Accountability Klaus MilkeHonorary Chairman Germanwatch and Chair of the Foundation for Sustainability Stefan RostockHead of Division – Education for Sustainable Development, Promoter for Climate & Development in North Rhine-Westphalia Laura SchäferHead of Division – International Climate Policy Rixa SchwarzSenior Advisor – Climate and Development – India Dr. Manfred TreberSpecial Advisor - Climate Science and Transport Lutz WeischerHead of Policy Berlin (currently absent)
International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Green Recovery in India to Strengthen Sustainable Agriculture As of 2019, in addition to ensuring food security, agriculture has contributed 15.9% to the Indian GDP and employed 42.3% of its population.
International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Principles and Criteria of Green Recovery in India that enable NDC-enhancement in 2021 Against the background of the social, economic and political COVID-19 effects on India, all business-as-usual scenarios for economic development and emission trends of Indian and resilient society building are outdated. There is both the possibility of an accelerated structural change to renewable energy, away from fossil fuels and combustion engines and the danger of a massive rebound effect for the emissions path. The same width of possibilities exists between society-wide resilience building and intensified inequality.
International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Promotion of Renewable Energy at the heart of Green Recovery in India Against the background of the social, economic and political COVID-19 effects on India, all business-as-usual scenarios for economic development and emission trends of Indian and resilient society building are outdated. There is both the possibility of an accelerated structural change to renewable energy, away from fossil fuels and combustion engines and the danger of a massive rebound effect for the emissions path. The same width of possibilities exists between society-wide resilience building and intensified inequality.
International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Green Recovery in India to Strengthen Overall Social Resilience Against the background of the social, economic and political COVID-19 effects on India, all business-as-usual scenarios for economic development and emission trends of Indian and resilient society building are outdated. There is both the possibility of an accelerated structural change to renewable energy, away from fossil fuels and combustion engines and the danger of a massive rebound effect for the emissions path. The same width of possibilities exists between society-wide resilience building and intensified inequality.
International climate co-operation Blog post | 18.12.2020 Financing of a systemic energy transition in the aftermath of Corona pandemic Against the background of the social, economic and political COVID-19 effects on India, all business-as-usual scenarios for economic development and emission trends of Indian and resilient society building are outdated. There is both the possibility of an accelerated structural change to renewable energy, away from fossil fuels and combustion engines and the danger of a massive rebound effect for the emissions path. The same width of possibilities exists between society-wide resilience building and intensified inequality.
Climate Litigation Blog post | 26.11.2020 5 Years of climate litigation against RWE – a milestone for climate justice Am 24. November 2015 zog Saúl Luciano Lliuya aus der peruanischen Andenstadt Huaraz für den Schutz seines Lebensraumes vor ein deutsches Gericht. Er reichte seine Klage ein, um einen der größten Emittenten für die Folgen seiner klimaschädlichen Wirtschaftsweise haftbar zu machen. Mit dem Fall Huaraz wurde juristisches Neuland betreten. Inzwischen ist es eine weltweit wahrgenommene Musterklage, die es in die Beweisaufnahme geschafft hat und eine Signalwirkung wie keine andere Klage entfaltet.
EU climate policy and carbon pricingInternational climate co-operation Blog post | 20.06.2020 EU-China Climate Tandem: A necessity in the interest of both sides The conflict between the US and China over leadership in the coming world order is becoming more intense - and forcing the EU to clarify its own relationship with China. Co-operation on climate policy can play a key strategic role in this process. It is therefore high on the agenda of the German EU Council Presidency in the second half of this year.
International climate co-operation Blog post | 07.05.2020 EU-Western Balkans Summit in Times of Corona Crisis: Energy Transition Partnerships with the Western Balkans - an opportunity for the EU When EU and Western Balkan leaders met on May 5th for a virtual EU-Western Balkans summit, the main focus was on the response to the Corona crisis and the EU accession prospects for the countries of the region. However, one topic should not be forgotten: the development of the energy sector in the Western Balkans. Both sides could gain a great deal from Energy Transition Partnerships, especially in order to create future prospects for the economy after the corona crisis.
International climate co-operation Blog post | 14.04.2020 Building resilience: climate impacts and corona The poorest populations in the Global South are fighting against the yet unforeseeable consequences of the coronavirus and the impacts of climate change simultaneously. They urgently need support in building resilience to the health and climate crises and in dealing with unavoidable climate impacts.
Climate Litigation Blog post | 01.04.2020 The Right to a Future – Demanding Climate Justice in Court Anyone who violates another person’s fundamental rights by emitting greenhouse gases bears a double legal duty: First, to put a stop to this harm so that the (fundamental) rights of others are not undermined.
