Nov 7, 2022 | Actions, Divestment-eng, Greenwashing-eng, Latest News
With our help, the famous Neuschwanstein Castle is delivering a message to the #COP27: „No More Fairytales – #ClimateJustice Now!“ You want to know who is the Sleeping Beauty we want to wake from their slumber? The first climate conference took place in 1979. Since...
Jan 15, 2022 | Actions, Greenwashing-eng, Latest News
Throughout Europe, environmental associations and climate justice activists are opposing a new initiative of the EU Commission: In the new EU taxonomy, which is to define which investments are sustainable, dangerous nuclear energy and natural gas are to be given an...
Oct 27, 2021 | ECB, Latest News
A Contribution by Finance Watch As world leaders gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), plans will be laid out to address climate risks and create a low-carbon economy. Yet even while this plan should be straightforward, huge new...
Jun 16, 2021 | bundesbank, Bundesbank, ECB, Latest News
A commentary on Jens Weidmann’s speech from 2 June 2021 The FAZ recently postulated a U-turn by Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann regarding the role of central banks in the fight against the climate crisis. Will the ECB now become “green” and the...
Apr 3, 2021 | Divestment-eng, Latest News
Even if Jens Weidmann, President of the German Bundesbank (the German National Bank), had a magic wand – by his own admission, he wouldn’t use it to fight the climate crisis. Weidmann is also a member of the Governing Council of the ECB. Currently, the ECB...