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...
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...
Selbst wenn Jens Weidmann, Präsident der Deutschen Bundesbank, einen Zauberstab hätte – er würde damit die Klimakrise nach eigener Aussage nicht bekämpfen. Weidmann ist auch Mitglied des EZB-Rats. Gegenwärtig denkt die EZB immer mehr darüber nach, Maßnahmen zur...
In front of the European Central Bank today, we called attention to the financing of climate polluters, like Shell and Total, through the ECB’s bond purchases. „Representatives“ of these fossil fuel companies melted an iceberg. Thus, they...