3:42 min, 06/23/2015, Ed: Munich Press Office
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200 years ago, Karl Freiherr von Drais built the first bicycle - an invention with far-reaching consequences. A song of praise for the smartest means of transport.
Read article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung from 13.11.2016
Keywords:
Bike-/Velo-City, DE-News, Climate protection, Mobility, Transition Town, Ecology
Convincing concept from Freiburg engineers: the cargo bike trailer reacts via a sensor to the movements of the leading person and supports with an electric motor when driving or braking. Carla Cargo is approved for a load of up to 150 kg. In the video you can see how Carla Cargo works.
Link
www.carlacargo.de
Keywords:
Car Free, Bike-/Velo-City, DE-News, Movies, Movies 4 to 10 Min, eMobility
The district of Paderborn has achieved a climate target that can currently only be dreamed of nationwide. It has a green electricity supply of more than 100 per cent. This year, with the help of wind, sun, biomass and water, for the first time as much renewable electricity is being generated as is being consumed. Since the end of June, it has been exactly 112 per cent.
This is what the State Association for Renewable Energies in OWL determined. The association used figures from the State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection (LANUV) as well as current data from the district of Paderborn. According to these figures, the more than 500 wind turbines, 11,500 photovoltaic systems and 53 biomass power plants generate slightly more electricity on an annual average than private individuals, trade and industry in the district of Paderborn require over the year: Almost 2.3 billion kilowatt hours.
This puts the Paderborn district in the Champions League nationwide: "There are very few regions that already fulfil the 100 per cent green electricity quota - in NRW, we are the first and so far the only one," says Kerstin Haarmann (Paderborn), Managing Director of LEE OWL. This is particularly remarkable because the district of Paderborn has a national average electricity consumption due to its share of industry. Smaller districts with little industry and commerce would naturally find it easier to reach 100 per cent. In a comparison of East Westphalia, the district of Paderborn is the lone leader: the district of Höxter is in second place with 63 per cent green electricity, followed by the district of Lippe with 23.5 per cent, Gütersloh with 20.8 per cent, Minden-Lübbecke with 17 per cent and Herford with 6.5 per cent. Bringing up the rear is the city of Bielefeld with a 4.5 per cent share of green electricity in electricity consumption.
The district of Paderborn has even achieved its climate target, which was unanimously approved by the district council in 2011, ahead of schedule. The plan was for electricity consumption to be completely renewable by 2020. "However, we don't have time to rest on our laurels in the fight against climate change," explains Jürgen Wrona (Delbrück) from the LEE OWL board. Measured in terms of total energy demand (electricity, heat and transport), the proportion of renewables in the Paderborn district is currently only around 27 per cent. "There is room for improvement, especially in the areas of heating and transport," says Wrona.
Source: Press release from the NRW Energy Agency dated 8 August 2018
Keywords:
100% EEs, Stakeholders, Citizen Energy, DE-News, Renewable, Climate protection, Communities, News Blog NRW, PV, Environmental policy
G7 Environment Ministers issue far-reaching declaration: 1.5 degree limit to be the focus of action - progress also to be made on international climate financing before the World Climate Summit
Bonn/Berlin (21 May 2021). The G7 environment ministers today agreed on a far-reaching declaration on the implementation of climate targets: It focuses on the goal of keeping the 1.5 degree limit within reach. "The race towards greenhouse gas neutrality is accelerating," says Christoph Bals, Political Director of the environment and development organization Germanwatch. "It is very encouraging that the announcement of targets is backed up with concrete decisions to stop international coal finance and the announcement of additional climate finance. It is important that the heads of government at the G7 summit also get behind these announcements."
The statement says that there will be no more international coal financing as early as the end of this year. This is a huge turnaround, especially for Japan, the second-largest international financier of coal after China. The next step is to cancel international financing for all fossil fuels. All G7 countries have also pledged to phase out coal, oil and gas in the power sector in the 2030s. The multilateral development banks are called upon to implement the 1.5 degree pathway in their policies. At the same time, the G7 countries hold out the prospect of putting additional international climate finance for climate protection and adaptation on the table well before the climate summit in Glasgow.
Source: Germanwatch-PM of 21 May 2021
Keywords:
Renewable, International, Climate protection, Environmental policy
