“We’re Frisians, you know? We have to prevent climate change, to fight it, limit it, and adapt to it.” My conversation partner summarizes the pragmatism and resolve I found in many of the people I came to know while conducting research in North Frisia. On North Frisian islands like Amrum and Föhr, the inhabitants can...
In the first half of 2019, the percentage of energy production in Germany from renewable sources (44%) was higher than ever, as the Federal Association of German Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) recently reported. Consequently, the emissions of harmful greenhouse gases from energy production were roughly 15% lower in the...
Federal Minister for the Environment Svenja Schulze and Federal Minister of Education and Research Anja Karliczek recently initiated a scientific platform for climate protection in Berlin. A social scientist and management expert from Universität Hamburg were among those appointed to the steering committee: Prof. Anita...
