IPCC Open letter: CDR and CCUS Methdology Report Published: 10 February 2025 Open letter Civil society open letter to the IPCC raising concerns around the planned Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Carbon Capture Use & Storage (CCUS) and how it may legitimise unproven technologies and overreliance on CDR and CCUS.
Lost in Translation: Lessons from the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report Published: 6 March 2023 Analysis On 20 March, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will present its Synthesis Report to its 6th Assessment Report. Our briefing highlights essential points of the underlying reports that will be crucial to creating a just and sustainable future in climate change.
Migration in Times of Climate Change – Crisis or Part of the Solution? Published: 16 September 2022 Commentary In its latest assessment report the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that one in three people is extremely vulnerable to climate change. This vulnerability is intertwined with social inequality and therefore unequally distributed across the globe. The assessment results emphasize a central question of our time: how can we protect affected population and adapt to present and future change in the climate? By Hanna Friedrich
High-risk geoengineering technologies won’t reverse climate breakdown Published: 21 March 2022 Commentary Techno fixes like carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management are no substitute for exiting coal, oil and gas – whatever polluters would like you to think. By Linda Schneider
The IPCC Special Report on Land: We have to act now Published: 9 August 2019 Analysis On August 8th 2019, the International Panel on Climate Change released its special report on climate change and land. Environmental expert Peg Putt provides an analysis of the report's findings. By Peg Putt
Frequently Asked Questions on 1.5°C and Geoengineering Published: 15 March 2019 What's the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C? What are "negative emissions"? What's the problem with geoengineering? Why and how is the Heinrich Böll Foundation working on the topic of geoengineering and the 1.5°C limit? Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the 1,5°C target and the topic of geoengineering.
IPCC Special Report on 1.5: Limiting global warming without temperature "overshoot" Published: 10 October 2018 Analysis The IPCC Special Report on 1.5 opts for a rigorous interpretation of the 1.5 limit on global warming. It has good reasons to do so: "Overshooting" that target risks irreversible impacts and damage for societies and ecosystems, and increases reliance on unproven, high-risk geoengineering technologies. By Linda Schneider
Introduction: Radical Realism Published: 18 September 2018 This dossier aims to give a broad overview of exciting new and old pathways towards a climate-just 1.5°C world. Pathways that are grounded in radical, social and environmental justice-based agendas for political change.
The Myth of Net-Zero Emissions Published: 10 December 2014 Lili Fuhr and Niclas Hällström sharply criticize climate-change goals that are based on risky or underdeveloped technologies. By Lili Fuhr and Niclas Hällström
