Net Zero Is Not Zero Published: 8 November 2021 Analysis Recent carbon-neutrality pledges may seem ambitious, but merely serve to promote a new set of false climate solutions under a different guise. Such pledges may persuade many people, but the climate isn’t buying it. By Linda Schneider and Maureen Santos
Real ambition vs. false solutions: What’s at stake during COP26? Published: 27 October 2021 Analysis COP26 takes place against the backdrop of nationalist health policies with daunting consequences, failed promises to adequately scale up climate action and financial support, and an unprecedented push for false solutions that divert global attention from the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels. By Sebastien Duyck, Erika Lennon, Francesca Mingrone, Nikki Reisch and Lien Vandamme
Broken Promises - Developed countries fail to keep their 100 billion dollar climate pledge Published: 26 October 2021 Commentary At the climate summit in Glasgow (COP 26), the issue of climate finance is inextricably linked to success or failure. In Glasgow, past failures and shortcomings in climate finance mobilization and delivery must be ruthlessly addressed by presenting an implementation plan for future improvements. By Liane Schalatek
Climate Action Network: “We know our duty and responsibility” Published: 19 October 2021 Interview CAN – the Climate Action Network - is the largest international civil society network, that has monitored the UN climate negotiations for many years. Whether at national or international level, how can civil society participation be ensured at all in times of pandemic? What does this mean for the capacity for action and strategy of a global network like CAN? A conversation between Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of CAN International and Barbara Unmüßig, President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation By Barbara Unmüßig
Beyond the hype: How to shape the green hydrogen economy Published: 19 October 2021 Factsheet The prospect of a green hydrogen economy comes with significant opportunities and risks. There is a need to both promote and carefully shape the much needed expansion of production, while limiting the end use of green hydrogen. By Jörg Haas
Decarbonization, the Southeast Asian Way Published: 29 September 2021 Background No Single Pathway. Southeast Asian countries’ targets and wish lists toward carbon neutrality are like individual recipes that use different ingredients in various ways, to produce the same dish (hopefully). By Johanna Son
Saving biodiversity Published: 8 October 2021 Background With the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the global community wants to make a new attempt to halt the rapid and dramatic loss of ecosystems, species and genetic diversity, or biodiversity. By Lili Fuhr, Kristin Funke, Dr. Christine Chemnitz, Linda Schneider and Lisa Tostado
COP 15 Published: 6 October 2021 At the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kunming, China, the course is set for or against the conservation of biodiversity.
Factsheet 10 Reasons Why Investing in Wintershall Dea is a Bad Idea Published: 7 September 2021 10 Facts about the polluting, high-risk and climate-damaging fossil acitvities of Wintershall DEA. pdf
Foreword Published: 14 September 2021 With this publication we want to make a contribution to a lively social debate. We want to present the causes of hunger and malnutrition and show that clear political rules and strategies are needed to counter these developments. We want to show that hunger and malnutrition are the consequences of injustice, instability and poverty – and that policies must therefore also address these underlying causes. By Barbara Unmüßig and Alexander Müller