My Articles About Climate Protection - Thomas Waitz

Nature Restoration Law: Success Against Conservative Opposition

The Nature Restoration Law is an opportunity and necessity to continue the fight against the climate crisis and the associated loss of biodiversity. In order to protect our climate, we […]

Angry farmers and right-wing demagogues

European farmers are angry, and rightly so. Between 2003 and 2016, five million European farmers had to close down their farms. Right-wing...

No to the Eu-Mercosur trade deal

In the following letter, EU parliamentarians jointly call for the EU-Mercosur agreement to be reopened in order to be able to regulate...

A European way out of the energy crisis

The energy crisis particularly affects the poorest people in Europe and is thus also a threat to social peace. It is now...

New GMOs and “Independent” …

In 2018 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that new gene-edited organisms (GMOs) are covered by the EU’s GMO laws and...

Taxonomy: Greenwashing Gas and Nuclear

By including gas and nuclear power in the taxonomy, the European Commission has taken this important instrument ad absurdum.

Fit for 55 Climate Package in the …

The EU has promised to reduce its emissions by at least 55% by 2030. To achieve this goal, the EU Commission put...