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New episode: Sustainablity through digitalisation?
Data centres, digital lifestyle, artificial intelligence: podcast on climate action and digitalisation
Due to the massive increase in data transmission relating to the use of digital devices and services, energy consumption at data centres has surged in…
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Electromobility does not need metals from the deep sea
Energy transition feasible without deep-sea mining
A successful energy and mobility transition does not depend on raw materials from deep-sea mining. This is the conclusion drawn in a new study by the…
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Most certificates have a low quality
Expansion of Carbon Credit Scoring Tool Reveals Opportunities to Improve Quality of Carbon Market
The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) launched an expanded version of its interactive scoring tool to assess the quality of several newly added…
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Climate protection through organic farming
Certified CO2 storage in soils? A critical review
At the end of 2022, the EU Commission developed a proposal for a framework to certify activities that remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in…
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Nuclear energy use is nearing an end
Goodbye, nuclear power – unsustainable, uneconomical and high-risk
In Germany, nuclear energy use is nearing an end. There are many good reasons for this, not least the major risks associated with this technology,…
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Can the forests still be saved?
Forests: Cash from conservation, not timber
Until now, Germany’s two million forest owners have relied on sales of timber to generate an income. However, this may be about to change: the…
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Setting the course in the EU now
Emissions trading: a key component of climate action
At the United Nations negotiations on ambitious global climate action, due to commence in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday, 6 November…
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Practical steps for climate-friendly heating
Initiating the heat pump boom: the fine detail
The much-needed push for heat pumps is already gathering pace: in March 2022, the German government decided that from 1 January 2024, every newly…
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