Unfortunately, other planets are not habitable for us. According to the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, the industrialized countries are consuming the resources for 4 earths.
The first world climate agreement - a success? The appeals and diverse efforts have apparently paid off. The first world climate agreement has been concluded. The goal is to limit global warming to significantly less than 2 degrees, preferably only 1.5 degrees, since the pre-industrial era. Greenhouse gases are to be reduced or even neutralized by reforestation, financing is also agreed for the developing countries. | Environmental protection groups also recognize the climate protection goals set in the treaty as a major step forward. Yes, one even speaks of a historic day in world history. All the more so, because this contract is a decade-long struggle of committed politicians and especially activists u.a. preceded by the Koyoto Protocol. The beginning of the end of fossil energies Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace says the outcome of this conference marks the beginning of the end of fossil fuels. The economy must now start to invest in renewable energy and leave the oil, gas and coal business behind. That's what it's all about. This would also have the important effect of making these resources worthless in the future and not having to fight for them. Even Germany's lignite-friendly policy, which is still defended staunchly today and against which environmental and citizens' initiatives have long been a storm, will simply have to be discontinued. Because otherwise the national climate goals can not be achieved. |
------------------------------------------------------------------ But are the targets for climate rescue sufficient? The contract and thus the targets for the almost 200 participating states are there. Now they must be implemented in all consequence. There are no sanctions or penalties if this is not possible. In addition, according to a report in Deutschlandfunk on 13.12., calculated that the currently "prescribed" measures for the individual states would only reach an actual limit of global warming of 2.7 degrees. The reviews included in the contract therefore aim at strengthening measures to reduce hazardous greenhouse gases in the future. Not surprisingly, with all the praised progress, not all parties consider In this respect, other initiatives are already being planned with more ambitious states, based on the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.this treaty to save the global climate sufficient. | ------------------------------------------------------------------
And we may ask: could we really be so stupid and saw off the branch we are sitting on? Can it be that rainforests of unimaginable size will continue to be cut down for prosperity in the industrialized countries? Does one really think that the necessary changes are only related to industrial production and not to our personal lifestyle? The global climate changes will increasingly be a major challenge for us, for the states as well as for the individuals.Because every car trip, every wash load, every heated room, every flight trip and every steak and every hamburger has its ecological price, which can be measured in your personal CO 2 footprint.
© Karin Jansen |