My Articles About Climate Protection

Posted on 15. November 202415. November 2024 | by Thomas Waitz

Full force for deforestation: Conservatives stand with the far-right and ignore voting mishaps

Despite massive criticism from civil society and parts of the industry, the European People’s Party delayed and watered down the EU deforestation regulation, which aims to ensure that no more […]

Climate Protection

Posted on 13. November 202414. November 2024 | by Thomas Waitz

EU deforestation regulation – …

Forests are our most important allies in the fight against the climate catastrophe. They are the only way we have to bind...

Naturschutzgebiet, sumpfiges Gebiet, das renaturiert wurde

Posted on 15. March 202410. April 2024 | by Thomas Waitz

Nature Restoration Law: Success Against …

The Nature Restoration Law is an opportunity and necessity to continue the fight against the climate crisis and the associated loss of...

Posted on 8. February 20246. March 2024 | by Thomas Waitz

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...

Posted on 24. May 202324. May 2023 | by Thomas Waitz

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...

Posted on 29. April 202326. April 2023 | by Thomas Waitz

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...

Posted on 29. September 202220. October 2022 | by Thomas Waitz

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...