Climate Update
Eine wöchentliche Presseschau zu allen Aspekten der Klimakrise aus der Schweiz und der ganzen Welt zusammen. Die Beiträge sind thematisch sortiert und lassen sich nach Themen und Schlagwörtern filtern. Jede Woche empfehlen wir eine Handvoll besonders interessanter Beiträge.
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KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Women aren’t 14 times more likely to die in disasters – inequality is the real killer
Women often do face bigger climate risks but not because they are inherently more vulnerable – they are held back by social barriers we can tackle
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
How memories of clean water, frogs and fresh air could help save Rio’s favelas from future climate disaster
A new exhibition in the Brazilian city looks at how water, the environment and extreme weather is interwoven with personal stories from 10 marginalised communities
ANTI-KLIMA KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
ExxonMobil helps Amazon nation Guyana build ‘petrostate’, while people stay poor
Guyana’s rapid ascent to major oil producer has come at a steep price: rising inequality, weakened environmental regulations and unchecked gas flaring
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows
Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’
The case for and against more fossil fuels in developing countries
Should coal, oil, and natural gas still be part of the answer for the world’s poorest in an era of climate change? The COP27 climate change negotiations that wrapped in Egypt this month broke a critical impasse on paying for the consequences of climate change.
‘Top 1%’ of emitters caused almost a quarter of growth in global emissions since 1990
Just 1% of the world’s population was responsible for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions growth over 1990-2019, new research finds.
* ENERGIEKRISE * Inflation als Armutstreiber – Und wenn der Strom zu teuer wird, leben sie halt ohne Licht
Es riecht nach Blumen, mit etwas Fantasie: nach einem endlosen Lavendelfeld. Doch selbst der süsseste Duft macht diesen Ort nicht wirklich charmant. Der Waschsalon in Lausannes Stadtzentrum, bei der Place de la Riponne, erinnert an einen kahlen Industriebau.
* ENERGIEKRISE * Deutschland vor kaltem Winter – Die Deutschen erhalten die Gasrechnung – und werden wütend
Deutsche Medien sind voll von Berichten, in denen Familienväter oder Seniorinnen verzweifeln. Darüber, dass sie statt 120 auf einmal 1200 Euro für ihr Gas vorausbezahlen sollen – pro Monat.
Climate-Poverty Connections Report
This first-of-its-kind report produced by Drawdown Lift shows that leaders do not have to choose among human development, climate mitigation, and climate adaptation; win-win solutions are at hand.
Eradicating ‘extreme poverty’ would raise global emissions by less than 1%
Lifting hundreds of millions of people out of “extreme poverty” – where they live on less than US$1.90 per day – would drive a global increase in emissions of less than 1%, according to new research.