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The role sustainable lifestyles can play in achieving a paradigm shift to sustainability is acknowledged in both the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement of 2015. They can be defined as “responsible living with our total surrounding and ourselves”, thus including aspects like global equity (see previous blogpost). Nevertheless, the vast majority of scientific literature focuses on ecological sustainability.
The year 2019 will be key for future climate policy in Germany and Europe. Finance plays a key role in improving climate protection and sustainable growth.
To this end, Germany should learn from pioneering countries for “Green Finance”. In the seven articles in our series, international authors will therefore explain their country's approach towards a green financial system, addressing opportunities, hurdles and unanswered questions.
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) can play a critical role in limiting climate change and helping communities adapt to its impacts. Since 2011, they have provided nearly $200 billion in finance for climate change mitigation and adaptation (so-called “climate finance”). The World Bank Group’s recent announcement that it will increase its climate-related investments means this number is likely to grow. But while climate finance is important, it makes up less than a quarter of all finance provided by the MDBs. The rest goes to activities that may (or may not) undermine climate goals.
In November 2015, Saúl Luciano Lliuya, a Peruvian farmer living in Huaraz in Peru, filed a lawsuit in Germany against RWE, Germany’s largest electricity producer. Mr Lliuya claims that his house in the village of Huaraz is at imminent risk of being damaged or destroyed due to an outburst flood from a glacial lake, caused by the melting of glaciers linked to climate change.
In the beginning of July, Germanwatch published its Kosovo research study “Phasing in Renewables“ and discussed it in Pristina with development organisations, ministries, business, NGOs and academia. Kosovo faces quite typical challenges of the Western Balkans, being heavily reliant on lignite use for power generation and struggling with serious social and economic problems.
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Senior Advisor - Low-Carbon Strategies & Energy, Project Lead Climate Indices+49 (0)228 / 60 492-21Real name
Head of Division - German and European Climate Policy+49 (0)30 / 57 71 328-85Real name
Senior Advisor - Climate Finance and Investments+49 (0)228 / 60 492-45Real name
Policy Advisor - Development Banks and Climate+49 (0)30 / 57 71 328-31Real name
Senior Advisor - Climate Finance and Adaptation+49 (0)228 / 60 492-11Real name
Head of Division - Corporate Accountability+49 (0)30 / 57 71 328-44Real name
Senior Advisor - Agricultural Policy and World Trade | Project Leader - Climate-Friendly Agriculture+49 (0)30 / 57 71 328-43Real name
:: on parental leave :: Senior Advisor - Education for Sustainable Development+49 (0)228 / 60 492-36Real name
Head of Division - Education for Sustainable Development, Promoter for Climate & Development in North Rhine-Westphalia+49 (0)228 / 60 492-26Real name
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Coordinator - Climate Foreign Policy and G7+49 (0)228 / 60 492-48Real name
Head of Division - International Climate Policy+49 (0)228 / 60 492-25Real name
Senior Advisor - Climate and Transport+49 (0)228 / 60 492-14