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EMPFOHLEN
EMPFOHLEN KLIMAGERECHTIGK. MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
The Global Justice Report
The Global Justice Project attempts to set out a new vision for global progress in the 21st century: grounding human development and equality in planetary habitability. It explores the conditions under which the world could move toward this horizon and traces an economically and ecologically consistent transition path from 2026 to 2100.
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
* 3RD WORLD OCEAN ASSESSMENT * ‘Severe’ stress on oceans as rate of sea level rise doubles in 10 years, UN warns
Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says
EMPFOHLEN URSACHEN WIRTSCHAFT
* FOSSIL FUEL FINANCE REPORT 2026 * World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025
JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say
EMPFOHLEN MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* IPES-FOOD REPORT * The New Geopolitics Of Food
A new geopolitics of food is reshaping global food security. Trade wars, conflicts, climate change, aid cuts, and political tensions are fuelling price volatility, worsening hunger, and strengthening corporate control. This turmoil is exposing just how fragile food systems built on global dependence and just-in-time supply chains have become. The report examines how many countries’ food systems are deeply vulnerable, dependent on distant markets, fragile supply chains, and a handful of powerful exporters and corporations.
EMPFOHLEN WIRTSCHAFT
Swiss finance under scrutiny over climate impact
This explainer tracks Swiss fossil‑fuel investments, how authorities monitor, and why their huge carbon footprint abroad is politically contentious.
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
* AMOC-ABSCHWÄCHUNG * Auf Kippkurs
Die Atlantikströmung schwächt sich stärker ab als gedacht – mit möglicherweise verheerenden Folgen. Klimaforscher Thomas Frölicher über ein Szenario, mit dem niemand in der Schweiz rechnet.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* SCHWEIZ * Was der Frühling 2026 über das Klima verrät
Der Frühling 2026 hat mit neuen Wärmerekorden geendet. Auch der Sommer wird voraussichtlich überdurchschnittlich warm werden.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Hantavirus: le réchauffement climatique suspecté d’avoir contribué
Lors de la saison estivale 2025-2026, 106 cas d’infection à hantavirus ont été déclarés, soit près du double de l’année précédente, et à des niveaux bien plus élevés qu’auparavant
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* COUPE DU MONDE DE FOOT * En vidéo – Les compétitions sportives vont-elles survivre ?
Des pistes de ski vertes aux stades de football surchauffés, les grandes compétitions mondiales se heurtent de plus en plus à des conditions météorologiques extrêmes. La Coupe du monde 2026 n’échappera pas aux coups de chaud
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* OCÉANS * La dégradation de l’océan se poursuit, selon le baromètre Starfish
La dégradation de l'océan se poursuit, voire s'accélère, malgré une protection légèrement accrue qui ne compense pas les effets du réchauffement climatique et de la perte de biodiversité, indique lundi la deuxième édition du baromètre Starfish.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* OCÉANS * L’ONU appelle à l’«action urgente» pour les océans
La situation des océans "s'aggrave", s'alarme l'ONU dans un rapport scientifique. L'organisation appelle les États à l'"action urgente" devant l'accélération du réchauffement, la pollution et la mise en danger de la vie sous-marine.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Les conditions extrêmes deviennent «la norme»
Les phénomènes extrêmes deviennent "la norme" en Europe, s'alarme l'observatoire climatique européen Copernicus dans un rapport publié mercredi. Le mois de mai se classe deuxième après le record de chaleur de mai 2024.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* SCHWEIZ * Flusshitzewellen gefährden Gewässer und Fische
Flusshitzewellen treten in der Schweiz immer häufiger und intensiver auf – mit Folgen für die Ökosysteme.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* SCHWEIZ * «Fiebermessen» im Wald: Holzbestand geht massiv zurück
Der Wald in der Region Basel leidet besonders unter dem Klimawandel. Das zeigen schweizweite Messungen.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* EL NIÑO * Le retour d’El Niño confirmé dans le Pacifique, il pourrait battre tous les records
Un nouvel épisode d'El Niño s'est formé dans l'océan Pacifique équatorial. Identifié mercredi par l'Agence météorologique japonaise, il pourrait compter parmi les plus puissants jamais observés.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* 3RD WORLD OCEAN ASSESSMENT * Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
The third World Ocean Assessment (WOA III), the only global integrated assessment of the world’s ocean covering environmental, economic and social aspects, is the main output of the third cycle of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the States of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects.
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
* 3RD WORLD OCEAN ASSESSMENT * ‘Severe’ stress on oceans as rate of sea level rise doubles in 10 years, UN warns
Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says
AUSWIRKUNGEN
‘I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh
The arid Barind region was transformed by aquifer wells but now the water system is collapsing under the pressure of the climate crisis and decades of extraction
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* EL NIÑO * Here are 10 ways a ‘super’ El Niño could impact the planet
The climate phenomenon is intensifying an already unequal global economy
AUSWIRKUNGEN URSACHEN
* OCEANS * Fossil Fuel Threats to the Ocean: Marine Life and Coastal Communities at Risk
During the first half of 2026, global economies have experienced the consequences of fossil fuel dependence. Despite this, and repeated warnings by organizations such as the IEA that new oil and gas fields and long-lived fossil fuel infrastructure are incompatible with limiting global warming to 1.5ºC, many countries are planning to ramp up their fossil fuel activities. 85% of all new hydrocarbon discoveries in 2024 were located offshore.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* EL NIÑO | USA * Trump’s cuts at sea could make the coming super El Niño harder to predict
The world’s “eyes and ears of the ocean” monitor storms, climate, and biodiversity. Now they’re being “descoped.”
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* SOCCER WORLD CUP * There’s a new threat to the World Cup. FIFA might not be ready.
The world’s biggest sporting event has been heating up.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Heat Is Killing Wildlife Across the Animal Kingdom. A New Forecasting Tool May Help.
The tool forecasts heat risks for wildlife in some regions months in advance. But questions remain about whether this information can prevent deaths at a large scale.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* SOCCER WORLS CUP * The World Cup is one wildfire away from an air quality disaster
FIFA says it's prepared for "climate-related risks" but doesn't appear to have a plan for wildfire smoke, which can be harmful to players and fans.
AUSWIRKUNGEN POLITIK
Sovereignty and rising sea levels: Climate change is reshaping the meaning of nationhood
As rising sea levels threaten low-lying island nations, questions once confined to legal theory are becoming urgent realities. From Tuvalu to the Maldives, climate change is forcing governments and communities to reconsider what sovereignty and nationhood mean when territory itself is disappearing.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Sea-level rise may be even worse than expected thanks to hidden Earth physics
As the global temperature increases, Earth's oceans are experiencing a huge shift. In addition to commonly known effects, such as melting of ice caps and thermal expansion, there is an invisible factor.
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
* AMOC-ABSCHWÄCHUNG * Auf Kippkurs
Die Atlantikströmung schwächt sich stärker ab als gedacht – mit möglicherweise verheerenden Folgen. Klimaforscher Thomas Frölicher über ein Szenario, mit dem niemand in der Schweiz rechnet.
URSACHEN
URSACHEN WIRTSCHAFT
* SCHWEIZ * Finanzbranche wegen Klimafolgen auf dem Prüfstand
Dieser Artikel zeigt auf, wohin Schweizer Kapital in fossile Brennstoffe fliesst, wie die Behörden diese Investitionen überwachen und warum ihr hoher CO2-Fussabdruck im Ausland zu einem politischen Brennpunkt geworden ist.
URSACHEN WIRTSCHAFT
* SUISSE * Accusée de menacer l’environnement, la place financière sous pression
Les investissements du secteur financier suisse dans les énergies fossiles génèrent 18 fois plus d’émissions que celles produites en Suisse. Une initiative populaire veut mieux les encadrer. Que disent les données?
URSACHEN
* USA * Arctic Refuge Oil Draws Few Bids, Despite Trump’s Push for ‘Liquid Gold’
An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development.
URSACHEN
Steak or tofu: why can’t we stop eating so much meat?
Despite health risks and environmental damage, the meat industry is working hard to safeguard its dominance
EMPFOHLEN URSACHEN WIRTSCHAFT
* FOSSIL FUEL FINANCE REPORT 2026 * World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025
JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. URSACHEN
Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm
Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions
AUSWIRKUNGEN URSACHEN
* OCEANS * Fossil Fuel Threats to the Ocean: Marine Life and Coastal Communities at Risk
During the first half of 2026, global economies have experienced the consequences of fossil fuel dependence. Despite this, and repeated warnings by organizations such as the IEA that new oil and gas fields and long-lived fossil fuel infrastructure are incompatible with limiting global warming to 1.5ºC, many countries are planning to ramp up their fossil fuel activities. 85% of all new hydrocarbon discoveries in 2024 were located offshore.
URSACHEN
Driven by Steel Production, China’s Belt and Road Construction Carries a Heavy Climate Cost
Strong regulations and incentives are needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese manufacturing, two new studies conclude.
URSACHEN
The plans for one of the biggest data centres in the world are so obviously bullshit the developers must think we’re fools.
Locals are rallying against the CATO, an allegedly "net zero", "zero waste" data centre which will "harvest rainwater" while providing "data sovereignty".
URSACHEN
* USA * Trump Offers Funds for First New U.S. Coal Plants in 13 Years
The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.
URSACHEN
* SCHWEIZ * Widerstand gegen Datencenter erreicht die Schweiz – drohen Angriffe?
Im Kanton Schaffhausen entsteht ein grosses Rechenzentrum. Radikale Aktivisten planen eine Aktion dagegen – und schliessen militante Mittel nicht aus. (Achtung: Dieser Tamedia-Beitrag ist sehr dramatisierend geframed.)
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
EMPFOHLEN KLIMAGERECHTIGK. MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
The Global Justice Report
The Global Justice Project attempts to set out a new vision for global progress in the 21st century: grounding human development and equality in planetary habitability. It explores the conditions under which the world could move toward this horizon and traces an economically and ecologically consistent transition path from 2026 to 2100.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* GLOBAL JUSTICE REPORT * Gerechtigkeit als Klimaplan
Weniger Ungleichheit, weniger fossile Energie, weniger Überkonsum – und trotzdem mehr Wohlstand für die meisten Menschen. Ein Team um den Ökonomen Thomas Piketty legt eine Vision für das Überleben des Planeten vor.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* CHINA * Die Phase nach dem CO₂-Peak wird schwierig
Für den Ausstieg aus fossiler Infrastruktur ist der Emissionshandel in China zentral, sagt Zhibin Chen, Experte für CO2-Märkte beim Thinktank Adelphi. Beim CO2-Grenzausgleich könnte sich ein weltweiter Rahmen für handelspolitische Klimafragen entwickeln. Teil 22 der Serie.
EMPFOHLEN MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* IPES-FOOD REPORT * The New Geopolitics Of Food
A new geopolitics of food is reshaping global food security. Trade wars, conflicts, climate change, aid cuts, and political tensions are fuelling price volatility, worsening hunger, and strengthening corporate control. This turmoil is exposing just how fragile food systems built on global dependence and just-in-time supply chains have become. The report examines how many countries’ food systems are deeply vulnerable, dependent on distant markets, fragile supply chains, and a handful of powerful exporters and corporations.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* SCHWEIZ * Naturschutz: Der Aargauer Weg
Das Wasser steht im Zentrum der Aargauer Naturschutzpolitik. Der Auenschutzpark war ein schweizweit einmaliges Grossprojekt – nun sollen im grossen Stil Wälder wiedervernässt werden.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
The Biggish Picture
Trying to imagine a working world. — One of the (many) curses of the Trump era is that he keeps us fixated, hour by hour, on his latest stupidity or fraud. So I will try valiantly for a moment to escape his asteroid belt of provocation and try to think a little more broadly. This step back is occasioned by Thomas Piketty and his team at the World Inequality Lab in Paris.
POLITIK
POLITIK WISSENSCHAFTEN
* SCHWEIZ * Bundesrat verweigert Beitritt zu EU-Programm – wegen angeblich fehlendem Geld
Die Schweiz verzichtet auch in den nächsten Jahren auf eine Teilnahme am EU-Programm namens Copernicus zur Erdbeobachtung.
POLITIK
* BONN CLIMATE TALKS * ‘Electrify daily life’, urges Cop31 host
A third of world’s energy needs should come from electricity by 2035, says Turkish minister Murat Kurum, as he sets out priorities priority for this year’s UN climate summit
POLITIK
* USA * California and New York weaken climate rules as red states ramp up green energy
Republican-led states growing renewable capabilities at faster rate as Texas emerges as clean-energy leader
POLITIK
* BONN CLIMATE TALKS * Tackling climate crisis is “hardest” challenge ever, Stiell says
The June Climate Meetings open with a reminder to delegates of the tough but ever-clearer imperative of shifting away from fossil fuels to clean energy
POLITIK
* BONN CLIMATE TALKS * COP31 leaders unveil global targets, with spotlight on electrification
Co-hosts Türkiye and Australia want countries to sign on to global targets in three of their priority areas for this year’s COP climate negotiations
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG POLITIK
* USA * Why are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change?
The conventional wisdom says it's a losing issue. Evidence suggests it actually helps Democrats win elections.
AUSWIRKUNGEN POLITIK
Sovereignty and rising sea levels: Climate change is reshaping the meaning of nationhood
As rising sea levels threaten low-lying island nations, questions once confined to legal theory are becoming urgent realities. From Tuvalu to the Maldives, climate change is forcing governments and communities to reconsider what sovereignty and nationhood mean when territory itself is disappearing.
POLITIK
* SCHWEIZ * Uno-Nachhaltigkeitsziele: Bundesrat erntet Kritik
Die Uno hat 17 Nachhaltigkeitsziele bis 2030 definiert. Darunter etwa Armutsbekämpfung, Bildung oder Klimaschutz. Der Bundesrat stuft diese Ziele inzwischen herunter. Das ruft 100 Persönlichkeiten aus Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft auf den Plan, die in einem offenen Brief eine Neuformulierung fordern.
POLITIK WISSENSCHAFTEN
* SUISSE * La Suisse renonce à participer au programme Copernicus de l’UE
Le 5 juin 2026, le Conseil fédéral a décidé que la Suisse ne participerait pas à Copernicus, le programme d’observation de la Terre de l’Union européenne (UE), également pour la période 2028-2034. Il devrait réexaminer la question de la participation de la Suisse en 2032.
POLITIK WISSENSCHAFTEN
* SCHWEIZ * Die Schweiz verzichtet auf Teilnahme am Copernicus-Programm der EU
Der Bundesrat hat am 5. Juni 2026 entschieden, dass die Schweiz auch 2028 bis 2034 nicht am Programm der Europäischen Union zur Erdbeobachtung (Copernicus) teilnimmt. Er wird eine Teilnahme voraussichtlich 2032 erneut prüfen.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
EMPFOHLEN KLIMAGERECHTIGK. MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
The Global Justice Report
The Global Justice Project attempts to set out a new vision for global progress in the 21st century: grounding human development and equality in planetary habitability. It explores the conditions under which the world could move toward this horizon and traces an economically and ecologically consistent transition path from 2026 to 2100.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* GLOBAL JUSTICE REPORT * Gerechtigkeit als Klimaplan
Weniger Ungleichheit, weniger fossile Energie, weniger Überkonsum – und trotzdem mehr Wohlstand für die meisten Menschen. Ein Team um den Ökonomen Thomas Piketty legt eine Vision für das Überleben des Planeten vor.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. URSACHEN
Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm
Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees
While the US is shutting the doors to most refugees, those already in the country fear for their future in a rapidly heating world
TECH. & ENERGIE
TECH. & ENERGIE
Windräder & Co.: Europa produziert mehr als genug zum Energie-Umbau
Die EU kann sich mit Anlagen selbst versorgen, sagt ein Bericht. Einschätzungen von SRF-Energiespezialist Klaus Ammann.
TECH. & ENERGIE
Chart: Why China’s solar boom is slowing down
Solar power has been a major element of China’s renewables buildout since the mid-2010s. But the picture in 2026 to date is very different.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* USA * For first time, Americans are getting more of their electricity from solar than coal
Solar provides more than twice the share of electricity it did five years ago.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* IRAN WAR * The Iran War is Forcing Energy-Importing Countries to Turn Inward
The Iran war is pushing countries to prioritize domestic energy in order to protect themselves from volatile oil and natural gas markets.
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG TECH. & ENERGIE
* SUISSE * Crainte de pénuries d’électricité en hausse : la population suisse appelle à une politique énergétique pragmatique
L’inquiétude concernant la sécurité d’approvisionnement en électricité en Suisse s’accentue nettement, et avec elle l’appel à des solutions rapides et efficaces. Selon une enquête réalisée par gfs.bern sur mandat de l’AES, la population suisse se montre de plus en plus ouverte aux différentes technologies et prête à définir des priorités claires en faveur d’une électricité sûre et abordable.
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG TECH. & ENERGIE
* SCHWEIZ * Sorge vor Stromlücke steigt: Schweizer Bevölkerung will pragmatische Energiepolitik
Die Sorge um die Stromversorgungssicherheit in der Schweiz wächst spürbar – und mit ihr der Ruf nach raschen, wirksamen Lösungen. Laut einer Umfrage von gfs.bern im Auftrag des VSE zeigt sich die Schweizer Bevölkerung zunehmend technologieoffen und ist bereit, klare Prioritäten zugunsten von sicherem und bezahlbarem Strom zu setzen.
TECH. & ENERGIE
This oil shock won’t be like the others
Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay break down why global inflation and Chinese manufacturing mean the old fossil fuel playbook no longer works.
WIRTSCHAFT
URSACHEN WIRTSCHAFT
* SCHWEIZ * Finanzbranche wegen Klimafolgen auf dem Prüfstand
Dieser Artikel zeigt auf, wohin Schweizer Kapital in fossile Brennstoffe fliesst, wie die Behörden diese Investitionen überwachen und warum ihr hoher CO2-Fussabdruck im Ausland zu einem politischen Brennpunkt geworden ist.
URSACHEN WIRTSCHAFT
* SUISSE * Accusée de menacer l’environnement, la place financière sous pression
Les investissements du secteur financier suisse dans les énergies fossiles génèrent 18 fois plus d’émissions que celles produites en Suisse. Une initiative populaire veut mieux les encadrer. Que disent les données?
EMPFOHLEN URSACHEN WIRTSCHAFT
* FOSSIL FUEL FINANCE REPORT 2026 * World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025
JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say
WIRTSCHAFT
Brazil jostles for rare earths share as US-China rivalry heats up
With the world's second-largest reserves of rare earths after China, Brazil is catching the eye of US and Chinese companies
EMPFOHLEN WIRTSCHAFT
Swiss finance under scrutiny over climate impact
This explainer tracks Swiss fossil‑fuel investments, how authorities monitor, and why their huge carbon footprint abroad is politically contentious.
WIRTSCHAFT
Green group closes down, blaming «limits» of shareholder activism
Canadian campaign group Investors for Paris Compliance shut in May, saying efforts to push companies to tackle climate change have become less effective
BEWEGUNG
BEWEGUNG
UN officials urge Russia to free Indigenous climate advocate
Daria Egereva and her colleague have been jailed for six months. A growing chorus of voices wants them released at a court hearing Thursday.
RECHT
RECHT
* USA * The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis
US energy secretary Chris Wright featured in seminars to judges when he was a fracking executive
RECHT
* SCHWEIZ * Holcim auf der Anklagebank: Eine Fischerinsel kämpft für Klimagerechtigkeit
Am Zuger Gericht stehen sich David und Goliath gegenüber: Vier Fischer*innen von der winzigen indonesischen Insel Pari klagen den Schweizer Zementgiganten Holcim an. – Podcast 22 Min.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
POLITIK WISSENSCHAFTEN
* SCHWEIZ * Bundesrat verweigert Beitritt zu EU-Programm – wegen angeblich fehlendem Geld
Die Schweiz verzichtet auch in den nächsten Jahren auf eine Teilnahme am EU-Programm namens Copernicus zur Erdbeobachtung.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
USA bauen weltweit führende Tiefsee-Messstationen ab – Forscher warnen
Die USA demontieren Messstationen, die Forschenden weltweit Daten liefern. Gleichzeitig pumpt die Trump-Regierung 700 Millionen Dollar in die Kohleindustrie.
POLITIK WISSENSCHAFTEN
* SUISSE * La Suisse renonce à participer au programme Copernicus de l’UE
Le 5 juin 2026, le Conseil fédéral a décidé que la Suisse ne participerait pas à Copernicus, le programme d’observation de la Terre de l’Union européenne (UE), également pour la période 2028-2034. Il devrait réexaminer la question de la participation de la Suisse en 2032.
POLITIK WISSENSCHAFTEN
* SCHWEIZ * Die Schweiz verzichtet auf Teilnahme am Copernicus-Programm der EU
Der Bundesrat hat am 5. Juni 2026 entschieden, dass die Schweiz auch 2028 bis 2034 nicht am Programm der Europäischen Union zur Erdbeobachtung (Copernicus) teilnimmt. Er wird eine Teilnahme voraussichtlich 2032 erneut prüfen.
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG POLITIK
* USA * Why are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change?
The conventional wisdom says it's a losing issue. Evidence suggests it actually helps Democrats win elections.
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
The Agency Crisis: Heatwaves, Tony Blair and the Politics of Powerlessness
The UK, Ireland, France, Spain, and Portugal shattered their May heat records last week. Scenes reminiscent of high summer arrived months early, across Western Europe. And like all extreme weather events, there was a human toll. But as records fell, the political conversation was moving in the other direction. So what's happening? This week, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Christiana Figueres sit with this dissonance. – Podcast Outrage+Optimism, 35 Min.
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG TECH. & ENERGIE
* SUISSE * Crainte de pénuries d’électricité en hausse : la population suisse appelle à une politique énergétique pragmatique
L’inquiétude concernant la sécurité d’approvisionnement en électricité en Suisse s’accentue nettement, et avec elle l’appel à des solutions rapides et efficaces. Selon une enquête réalisée par gfs.bern sur mandat de l’AES, la population suisse se montre de plus en plus ouverte aux différentes technologies et prête à définir des priorités claires en faveur d’une électricité sûre et abordable.
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG TECH. & ENERGIE
* SCHWEIZ * Sorge vor Stromlücke steigt: Schweizer Bevölkerung will pragmatische Energiepolitik
Die Sorge um die Stromversorgungssicherheit in der Schweiz wächst spürbar – und mit ihr der Ruf nach raschen, wirksamen Lösungen. Laut einer Umfrage von gfs.bern im Auftrag des VSE zeigt sich die Schweizer Bevölkerung zunehmend technologieoffen und ist bereit, klare Prioritäten zugunsten von sicherem und bezahlbarem Strom zu setzen.
ANTI-KLIMA
ANTI-KLIMA
Oil spill: How fossil fuel interests are seeping into the voluntary carbon market rulebook
Despite belonging to the highly polluting fossil fuel sector, major oil and gas companies are not only among the largest buyers of carbon credits, they are also heavily invested in seeking to shape the voluntary carbon market. This report zooms in this outsized role.
ANTI-KLIMA
* RCP8.5 * Klimaszenarien: Hä, welche Klimakrise denn?
Wie Populisten Warnungen und Prognosen instrumentalisieren, um die Gefahren für die Welt kleinzureden.
BÜCHER
BÜCHER
Chronologie des Klimawandels
Der Geograf Rüdiger Glaser schildert in seinem Buch Klimadämmerung die Veränderungen des Klimas in Deutschland von der Kleinen Eiszeit bis in die neue Warmzeit. Er beschreibt auch, wie sich die Lebensbedingungen der Menschen wandeln – und wie sie darauf reagieren.
Indigene
BEWEGUNG
UN officials urge Russia to free Indigenous climate advocate
Daria Egereva and her colleague have been jailed for six months. A growing chorus of voices wants them released at a court hearing Thursday.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
‘We will not survive’: jailing of Daria Egereva highlights plight of Russia’s Indigenous people
Authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people threatened by authoritarianism, extractivism and climate breakdown
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. TECH. & ENERGIE
* NORWAY * Europe’s Green-Energy Future Has a Problem: Reindeer
In northern Norway, Sami people fear a copper mine will disrupt their traditional lifestyles.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Māori climate risk worsened by colonization, report finds
A national climate assessment finds that exclusion from decision-making has increased Indigenous vulnerability to floods, storms, and erosion.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Nevada’s lithium boom comes at the expense of Indigenous rights
As demand for critical minerals surges, Indigenous leaders and Amnesty International say mining is advancing without tribal consent.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
UN carbon market will likely fail to protect marginalised communities
A tool that aims to promote and safeguard sustainable development under the UN carbon market offers indigenous peoples and local communities little protection against projects which infringe on their land or violate their human rights.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum
Delegates are arriving in New York this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. Amid other challenges, the U.S. has made it increasingly difficult for delegates to secure visas to attend.
BÜCHER
What does the future hold for the thawing Arctic?
Two experts unpack how trends in climate and geopolitics might unfold to shape the far north.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Rusting Rivers: Alarm Grows Over Uptick in Acidic Arctic Waters
Climate change has thawed permafrost and increased rainfall in the Far North, producing sulfuric acid that is turning rivers and lakes yellow or rusty orange. Scientists are scrambling to parse the impacts on wildlife, fish, and the drinking water of Indigenous communities.
ANTI-KLIMA
* RUSSIA * ‚A bellwether for new forms of repression‘: 2 Indigenous rights advocates remain behind bars
The UN’s biggest Indigenous gathering is happening next week, but a key climate advocate will be missing.
EMPFOHLEN MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Modern agriculture is collapsing under climate change. Indigenous farming has answers.
A new global review reveals a critical “gap between advocacy and evidence” when it comes to scaling traditional agriculture to fight climate change.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Landmark deal to share Chile’s lithium windfall fractures Indigenous communities
A pioneering accord meant to give Indigenous communities more of a say over lithium mining has left people in the Atacama desert divided like never before
RECHT
* DEEP SEA MINING * Indigenous rights, the environment, and international law: What’s at stake at this week’s seabed mining talks
Trump's aggressive push toward deep-sea mining is putting pressure on global negotiators to act fast to shape deep-sea mining rules.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* USA * Existenz von Greenpeace in Gefahr
Die Umweltorganisation soll in den USA 345 Millionen Dollar Schadenersatz an einen Erdölkonzern zahlen, weil sie vor zehn Jahren die Proteste der Sioux gegen die Dakota Access Pipeline unterstützt hat.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* USA * Judge Approves $345 Million Verdict v. Greenpeace in Pipeline Suit
Greenpeace has said the verdict could bankrupt it. The lawsuit was over the group’s role in protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
RECHT
Expanded Arctic Drilling Faces a Wave of Lawsuits
The Trump administration is opening subsistence habitat critical to Alaska Native hunters to oil drilling. Indigenous groups say the move violates a previous agreement.
KULTUR & BILDUNG
Beginning the Year With Ancestral Wisdom
As billions around the world mark the beginning of a new year, many are pausing to ask the same questions: what do we carry forward, and what do we leave behind, as we cross from the old into the new? Podcast Outrage + Optimism (41 Min.)
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Climate is central to truth and reconciliation for the Sámi in Finland
As Finland reckons with its historic mistreatment of the Indigenous Sámi people, climate change complicates the path forward.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
* COP30 * UN accused of crackdown on Indigenous people – as it happened
As the summit entered its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes
AUSWIRKUNGEN
‘Chunks of earth just disappear’: life on a collapsing island. Podcast
The Guardian reporter Leyland Cecco recounts a recent trip to Qikiqtaruk off the coast of Canada’s Yukon territory, where he saw first hand how indigenous groups and scientists are reckoning with an ecosystem collapsing into the sea.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* AMAZONAS * Die Mär vom unberührten Dschungel
Für viele ist der Amazonas ein Sehnsuchtsort: Wilde Natur, bewohnt von zerstreut lebenden indigenen Völkern. Doch an vielen, auch einigermassen intakten Orten des Amazonas ist die Lage anders. Auf Marajo etwa, der grössten Flussinsel im Mündungsgebiet des Amazonas.
POLITIK
* COP30 * Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil
This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* COP30 * Big plans to save the rainforest: indigenous activists say it’s not enough.
"We need the government to recognize our climate authority and our role as guardians of biodiversity.”
POLITIK
* COP30 * Indigene in Belém: «Die Antwort sind wir»
Noch nie nahmen so viele Indigene an einer Weltklimakonferenz teil. Sie fordern mehr Mitbestimmung, Respekt und Geld.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
* COP30 * ‚We are not here for theater‘: Can the ‚most Indigenous COP‘ live up to the hype?
Brazil’s push to spotlight Indigenous voices at COP30 could redefine what inclusion looks like — or expose how shallow it’s been.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
* COP30 | BRÉSIL * Le combat des Indiens Mura en Amazonie: «Que font ceux qui sont responsables de la protection de notre planète?»
Dans l’Etat d’Amazonas, au sud de Manaus, les Indiens Mura se battent pour maintenir un mode de vie traditionnel dans un environnement toujours plus menacé. Organisateur cette année de la COP30 sur le climat, le Brésil veut mettre l’accent sur la protection des forêts tropicales
URSACHEN
* COP30 | BRASILIEN* Wie Mercuria den brasilianischen Wald zu Geld machen will
Das Genfer Handelshaus Mercuria setzt alles daran, um an der Klimakonferenz COP30 in Belém mit seinen Klimaprojekten zu glänzen. Public Eye konnte den Geheimvertrag zwischen Mercuria und dem brasilianischen Bundesstaat Tocantins einsehen.
POLITIK
* COP30 * Secretário-geral da ONU: vozes indígenas ’são indispensáveis‘ para evitar a catástrofe climática
Em sua única entrevista à imprensa antes da COP30 e a primeira exclusiva feita por um jornalista indígena da Floresta, António Guterres disse a SUMAÚMA que a humanidade precisa mudar de rumo ou enfrentará 'consequências devastadoras'
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* BRAZIL * Angels of Backlands: How Traditional Knowledge is Saving Forgotten Lands
The Caatinga’s story isn’t one of survival in a dryland ecosystem – it’s a lesson of looking for the hidden patterns, finding alliances, and being patient. Well, and about fate of course. Because, if a forgotten biome can regrow from dust, what else might be possible?
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
* SCHWEDEN * Konflikt um Rohstoffe: «Wir werden immer weiter erdrückt»
In Nordschweden sollen seltene Erden für Europas Energiewende abgebaut werden. Das bedroht die letzte Rentierroute der indigenen Sami – und damit mehr als ein Stück Land.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like?
From deep-sea mining to climate change, this Indigenous woman sees a better future for the world's oceans.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Yasuní: Horizons and Interstices in Social Imagination
Yasuní has become an emblematic place and moment where the multiple crises of our time converge: climatic, ecological, economic, and political. It is a historical knot that concentrates the global contradictions between extractivism and sustainability, between capital expansion and the defense of life.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
There Are No Simple Solutions
We're living through a crisis of colonialism. Imagine if we rolled up our sleeves instead of pointed our fingers? – Jessica Hernandez is an indigenous climate scientist and author of Growing Papaya Trees. Her work reveals that the roots of our planetary crisis lies in the violence of colonialism and neo-colonialism.
POLITIK
* COP30 * Securing Indigenous Land Rights Is Key to Climate and Nature Goals
This year’s UN Climate Summit (COP30), to be held in Brazil in November, presents a pivotal opportunity for governments to support Indigenous Peoples and local communities as the frontline stewards of the world’s forests.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
* ICJ OPINION * Can the ICJ opinion bring climate justice for Indigenous peoples?
The landmark ruling by the world's top court says national climate policies must protect Indigenous and minority rights - but to be effective, it needs to be enforced by states
RECHT
The Colorado River Is This Tribe’s ‘Lifeblood,’ Now They Want To Give It the Same Legal Rights as a Person
The move by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first.
KULTUR & BILDUNG
Knowing and Being. How we create knowledge is as important as the knowledge itself
This is the message of this week’s guest, Aboriginal scholar and author, Tyson Yunkaporta. In his explanation of the importance of learning through living, and living with learning, Tyson points to the how the discourse around decolonisation has granted expertise based on identity rather than experience. He highlights how indigenous thinking is fundamentally consensus building, mirroring the Western scientific method, and warns that neoliberal thinking has infected what should have been a radical transformation, creating individuals who consider themselves fully contained “little corporations”.
POLITIK
Brazil set to weaken environmental controls despite Lula’s efforts
Lula da Silva partially vetoed a "devastation bill" passed by Congress, but Brazil still allowed weakened environmental controls
POLITIK
* COP30 * Brasiliens Indigene legen ihren eigenen Klimaschutzplan vor
Die Urvölker gelten als Schlüssel im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel. Anlässlich des Tags der indigenen Völker fordern sie ein Mitspracherecht beim nächsten Weltklimagipfel in Belém.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
How rising seas are threatening the crucial art of weaving in Samoa
Weaving is central to cultural life in Samoa but climate change is disrupting conditions needed for plants used to make the intricate mats
BEWEGUNG
* USA * Standing Rock was an Indigenous-led movement. Why did Greenpeace take the fall?
The inside story of how Greenpeace stood with water protectors – and got hit with a $666 million court judgment.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
UNESCO appoints Indigenous co-chairs to protect languages and knowledge amid climate crisis
"A single word like 'X̱maay' contains generations of climate knowledge, laws, and cultural practices."
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Canada’s wildfire crisis is displacing First Nations at alarming rates
With over 40,000 people evacuated and infrastructure overwhelmed, Indigenous leaders say climate change is hitting their homelands hardest.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * This Alaska Native village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts.
Port Heiden is facing an energy crisis. A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped the traditional Alutiiq community swap costly, polluting diesel for cheaper, clean power.
URSACHEN
* USA * The US government stole the Black Hills. Now it’s clear-cutting them.
The Trump administration wants to fast-track logging in the Black Hills. What could go wrong? A lot, say tribes, scientists, and conservationists.
BÜCHER MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
‘There’s a lot we can’t undo’: how an author’s visit to ancestral home prompted a wave of eco anxiety
Alice Mah’s book explores cultural and ecological loss through the lens of a trip to south China
URSACHEN
Deforestation and illegal evictions threaten Malaysia’s Indigenous peoples
New report says the government ignores local and international laws that protect Indigenous rights.
KULTUR & BILDUNG
What Pope Leo means for global climate action and colonialism
Pope Francis made a strong moral case for addressing climate change and respecting Indigenous rights. Will Leo do the same?
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenya’s carbon market ambitions
Two of Kenya’s biggest carbon credit projects are mired in controversy, clouding the country’s hopes of raising climate finance from the offset market
EMPFOHLEN KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Voices of the Amazon: Chumpi Washikiat
The Achuar people first came into contact with the outside world sixty years ago. Since then, they have mostly been left in peace, able to take what they want from the modern world and leave the rest. That’s changing now. Their territory is under threat by careerist politicians within their own community, by other indigenous nations whose populations have exponentially increased thanks to contact with fossil fuels, and by industry who, every year, is figuring out how to penetrate even deeper into the forest.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
How the renewable bonanza is impacting Colombia’s largest indigenous population
For years, colonists extracted coal from the Wayuu people's territory. Now it's been marked as the heart of Colombia's energy transition
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Des critiques contre l’un des plus grands projets de protection des forêts au monde à Bornéo
Sur l'île de Bornéo, en Asie du Sud-Est, un immense projet de compensation des émissions de CO2 est en place depuis plus de dix ans. Vantée par les initiants, la protection de la forêt tropicale est toutefois très lacunaire et le projet suscite la colère des populations locales.
RECHT
Warum Rechte der Natur?
Mit der ecuadorianischen Verfassung ist die Natur als Rechtssubjekt anerkannt worden.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Azmapu: eine indigene Weltsicht
Das Küme mogen oder «Buen Vivir» gibt wieder, wie die Völker ihre gesellschaftliche Verbindung mit der Erde, mit dem Itxofill mogen, der Biodiversität, auffassen.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Hope in Turbulent Times: Native Leaders Take the Long View
Representatives from three tribes discuss how their communities have learned to endure by celebrating connections.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* 2024 * Seven Quiet Breakthroughs for Climate & Nature in 2024 You Might Have Missed
Global temperatures rose and extreme weather ramped up, but there were also some significant breakthroughs for the climate this year. Here are seven quiet wins that may have gone under your radar in 2024.
EMPFOHLEN MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* IPBES * Report highlights Indigenous & local knowledge as key to ‘transformative change’
Indigenous and local knowledge systems’ ability to nurture human-nature interconnection can play an important role in creating the type of transformative change needed to address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss, according to a new report published Dec. 16 by the U.N.’s biodiversity policy panel.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
9 stories that prove not all hope is lost for climate progress
During the hottest year ever, these moments provided a silver lining.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Indigenous Knowledge Is Key to Better Ocean Management
Communities like the Makahs, Yakamas and Puyallup lived in harmony with the rivers and coasts of the U.S. Pacific Northwest for generations. They revered the salmon, relying on it for food, livelihoods and cultural traditions. Waterways and salmon populations thrived — and so did native communities. But beginning in the mid-1800s, everything changed.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Canada’s Gas Brings Indigenous People New Money, and Old Worries
New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship.
BEWEGUNG POLITIK
* TRUMP * ‘Straight in harm’s way’: can Trump open up Alaska’s 19m-acre refuge for drilling?
Native leaders ready for a fight as Trump calls ANWR, one of the last truly wild places on Earth, the US’s ‘biggest oil farm’
POLITIK
* UN PLASTIC SUMMIT * Indigenous peoples snubbed at plastic pollution summit
“This entire process has been a violation,” said one Indigenous representative who engaged in protest at the summit.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Tribal lands were stolen. What happens when those ancestral territories are returned?
The Land Back movement is long-overdue justice. It’s also a climate solution.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
In an era of environmental crises, women closest to the destruction must be heard
My mother showed me the importance of Indigenous and Afro-descendant women in protecting the natural world. Yet they continue to face barriers and discrimination in their work
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Colonial solutions to climate change aren’t working
What Indigenous knowledge could mean in the fight to curb global warming. Hi, I’m Paige Vega, Vox’s climate editor.
RECHT
Bolivia Has National Rights of Nature Laws. Why Haven’t They Been Enforced?
This is the worst year on record for Amazon forest loss in the country, fueled by slash-and-burn agriculture and climate change. It's putting Indigenous peoples' lives and culture at risk.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Changing With Our Climate
Introducing a limited-run series exploring Indigenous solutions to extreme weather rooted in history — and the future. In recent years, there’s been a growing appreciation for Indigenous land stewardship and traditional knowledge.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
How scientists debunked one of conservation’s most influential statistics
The factoid about biodiversity and Indigenous peoples spread around the world, but scientists say bad data can undermine the very causes it claims to support
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
We’re in a deadly cycle of mega fires. The way out is to burn more.
How one Karuk fire crew leader is decolonizing our relationship to fire.
TECH. & ENERGIE
The UN can set a new course on “critical” transition minerals
A high-level panel is working to define principles for responsible mining, which will be presented to the UN General Assembly in September
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * Greenpeace Tries a Novel Tactic in Lawsuit Over Dakota Access Pipeline
The environmental group, which is being sued by the pipeline company in North Dakota, threatened to use new European rules to try to limit potential damages.
BÜCHER
An Indigenous Author Offers Ancestral Answers to Today’s Environmental Crises
Ailton Krenak was a child when his family was forced to leave their land in Brazil. Now, as a writer, he advocates for a path forward that looks to nature and inherited wisdom.
POLITIK
* USA | ELECTIONS * Tim Walz’s green resume has an oily stain
Indigenous water protectors say Walz broke his promise to stop a massive tar sands pipeline from passing through their protected land.
BEWEGUNG
«Der Amazonas ist unser Leben»
Die indigenen Völker im Amazonasgebiet erheben ihre Stimme immer lauter. Doch solange andere in der Ölförderung Profit wittern, hat Umweltaktivismus einen hohen Preis. Eine Begegnung mit der ecuadorianischen Vorkämpferin Nemonte Nenquimo.
EMPFOHLEN KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Study offers new policy tool for considering ‘Indigenous climate justice’
Addressing climate justice calls for a “fundamental, decolonial constitutional change”, according to a new study published in Climate Policy.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Indigenous peoples give fresh impetus to fight against climate crisis
Around the world, Indigenous peoples are using ancestral knowledge to adapt to extreme weather events and protect ecosystems
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
What 6 degrees of warming means for a community built on ice
Alaska is warming far faster than most of the world. For Indigenous people on the front lines, adaptation can be surprisingly simple.
EMPFOHLEN MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Dieses Öl bleibt im Boden
Mächtige Konzerne wollten an das Öl unter ihrem Stammesgebiet. Ecuadors Regierung witterte Profit. Doch die Widerstandskraft der Indigenen war stärker. Erinnerungen der Aktivistin Nemonte Nenquimo.
KULTUR & BILDUNG
Climate Change is Fueling the Loss of Indigenous Languages That Could Be Crucial to Combating It
Climate-related migration and seasonal changes are forcing Indigenous peoples to leave their native regions—and leave behind the languages tied to them.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Indigenous peoples give fresh impetus to fight against climate crisis
Around the world, Indigenous peoples are using ancestral knowledge to adapt to extreme weather events and protect ecosystems
WIRTSCHAFT
* FINANCIAL MARKETS * Investor Nuns’ Shareholder Resolutions Aim to Stop Wall Street Financing of Fossil Fuel Development on Indigenous Lands
Faith-based climate advocates’ transparency efforts are more than a “Hail Mary.”
TECH. & ENERGIE
Indigenous lands feel cruel bite of green energy transition
Mining companies have been offered a path to sustainability but few are taking it – Indigenous people need to be at the table demanding change
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Loggers have ‚grabbed‘ around 1m hectares of Indigenous land in DRC
Logging companies have “acquired” roughly 1m hectares of Indigenous peoples’ territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2000, according to a new study.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. TECH. & ENERGIE
Energiepolitik in Norwegen: Rentiere fressen kein Geld
Ein Windpark verstösst gegen Indigenenrechte, darf aber stehen bleiben. Doch die Aktivist:innen, die dagegen protestierten, stehen nun vor Gericht. Das hat auch mit der Zürcher Gesellschaft Energy Infrastructure Partners und der Berner BKW zu tun.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Zyklon weht Europas Wissen weg
Klimaanpassung darf nicht nur aus eurozentrischer Sicht erfolgen, heißt es in einem Fachartikel zu indigenem und lokalem Wissen. Die Wissenschaftler:innen untersuchten vier Fallbeispiele aus Südostasien.
TECH. & ENERGIE
Indonesia turns traditional Indigenous land into nickel industrial zone
Indonesia supplies the EV industry with critical battery materials but the sector’s rapid expansion is infringing the rights of Indigenous peoples
BEWEGUNG
Trial of Land Defenders Fighting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline is Put on Hold as Canadian Police Come Under Scrutiny for Excessive Force
The defense for three activists from First Nations argues abuse of process by security forces around the pipeline construction site, as the U.N. and Amnesty International allege excessive force, surveillance and criminalization of land defenders.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Blinded, sexually assaulted, silenced: the war over lithium, Argentina’s ‘white gold’
The first time, they came at 2am and without a warrant. Rosa* was alone. She was gagged, her eyes covered, and her hands bound with a cable tie. It was the night after widespread protests against sweeping changes to the constitution in Jujuy, a northern Argentine province.
URSACHEN
* AMAZON * Brazil’s Congress Weakens Protection of Indigenous Lands, Defying Lula
Brazilian officials served up an array of plans and figures at the recent COP28 climate summit in Dubai, presenting itself as a world leader, on track to protect its forests and the people who live there.
EMPFOHLEN KULTUR & BILDUNG MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
The Environmental Wisdom Encoded in Endangered Languages
As many Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing, scientists and communities are joining forces to preserve the traditional ecological knowledge they harbor. Scientists had no idea whether the black-naped pheasant pigeon still existed.
POLITIK
* COP28 | REACTIONS * Indigenous people and climate justice groups say Cop28 was ‘business as usual’
As the leaders of the developed world hailed the Cop28 agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels as historic, Indigenous people, frontline communities and climate justice groups rebuked the deal as unfair, inequitable and business as usual.
POLITIK
* COP28 | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES * Indigenous Leaders Urge COP28 Negotiators to Focus on Preventing Loss and Damage and Drastically Reducing Emissions
Climate change imperils Indigenous ecosystems, food security, knowledge bases and ways of life, leaders say, making rapid action to reduce emissions a “matter of life and death.”
RECHT
Judith Kimerling’s 1991 ‘Amazon Crude’ Exposed the Devastation of Oil Exploration in Ecuador. If Only She Could Make it Stop
The Education of Judith Kimerling: An American lawyer’s epic struggle to stop expanding oil operations harming Indigenous peoples in Ecuador’s Amazon. Part one.
RECHT
Spanning Two Worlds, Judith Kimerling Explores Ecuador’s Rainforest and the Rule of Law That Might Save Those Who Live There
The Education of Judith Kimerling: An American lawyer’s epic struggle to stop expanding oil operations harming Indigenous peoples in Ecuador’s Amazon. Part two.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
“Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Emissions Offsets in the Amazon Keep Forest-Dwelling Communities in the Dark
Couto is a quilombola, an Afro-Brazilian descendent of escaped slaves, many of whom established homes in the most forested parts of the Amazon. She grew up in a community called São João, aware that it was inextricably linked to the river and trees. Then the carbon offset developers arrived.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
«Die Regierung will einfach alle rausschmeissen»
Vertrieben im Namen des Klimas: Wo reiche Staaten ihre CO₂-Emissionen kompensieren wollen, geschieht dies nicht selten auf Kosten der lokalen Bevölkerung. Die kenianische Aktivistin und Anthropologin Milka Chepkorir fordert eine Umkehr.
RECHT
Aufstand gegen fragwürdige CO2-Zertifikate
Retten wir die Erde, nicht den Kapitalismus! In etwa so lässt sich zusammenfassen, was der damalige bolivianische Präsident Evo Morales der Weltgemeinschaft am Uno-Klimagipfel 2010 im mexikanischen Badeort Cancún zurief.
EMPFOHLEN MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Der Wald ist ein Wissensspeicher
Auch der Weltklimarat anerkennt mittlerweile: Von indigenen Gemeinschaften lässt sich lernen, wie ein nachhaltiger Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen möglich wird. Und im Amazonasbecken erprobt eine «Pluriversität» einen radikalen Ansatz.
RECHT
Höchstes Gericht in Brasilien – Brasilien: Mehr Gerechtigkeit für die indigene Bevölkerung
Ein Gesetz, das Indigenen verbieten wollte, weitere Ansprüche auf die Rückgabe von Land zu erheben, ist ungültig. Gerichtsentscheid zugunsten der indigenen Bevölkerung: Das oberste Gericht Brasiliens hat nach monatelangen Beratungen ein umstrittenes Gesetz für ungültig erklärt.
POLITIK
“They will not stop until our ancestral lands are one infertile wasteland» – Indigenous leader calls for communities to abandon «corrupt» UN
An indigenous leader has called for indigenous people around the world to abandon the United Nations and create the United Indigenous Nations.