Tag: climate
Pension fund from Zeist no longer wants to invest in companies that ignore the Paris Climate Agreement
In practical terms, this means that companies that want investments from PFZW must commit to reducing CO2 emissions by the end of 2022 at the latest. If they do not,…
Will Zeist pension fund collapse under pressure from climate activists? ‘There are no more excuses’
The office of the pension fund has been occupied by activists a few times. There is also pressure from Zeist itself. A number of concerned local residents are members of…
Climate: no net zero carbon emissions without nuclear power, say researchers
The nuclear debate is raging. A little more still in these times of presidential campaign. The work unveiled today by researchers could shed light on the issue beyond Franco-French political…
Germany recruits Greenpeace chair as ‘climate ambassador’
It’s a political coup that the new German Foreign Minister has just pulled off. Ecologist Annalena Baerbock presented her new “special representative for international climate policy” at midday, who is…
Energy: what if blockchain saved the climate?
Let’s talk a bit about blockchain. This technology, whose name is traditionally associated with digital uses, stores information and transactions in encrypted form, and secures them in distributed, tamper-proof computer…
Climate crisis: ‘Big companies like Amazon, Google and Apple are not meeting their goals’
According to a new study, the world’s largest companies do not comply with the climate targets they set, and they exaggerate their efforts towards these targets. Google, Amazon, Ikea, Apple…
Coal: public enemy no. 1 of the climate is resisting
A disastrous snub to the planet, and to the climate. The British leaders, hosts of the last edition of the United Nations Conference on the climate had however sworn it,…
Climate activists occupy site of pension fund in Zeist, already tenth action
“There are between 10 and 20 activists on the site. Staff who were supposed to be at the office today were let in on foot. It is quite calm here,”…
Energy communities: what can they bring us in the face of climate change?
The concept of energy community was designed to meet the climate challenge. As a new way of producing and consuming energy. In society, the desire to get involved seems present.…
In Europe, climate disasters have claimed 140,000 lives in 40 years
According to a report published on Thursday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the climatic disasters of the past 40 years have caused more than 140,000 deaths in Europe and…