«Mayors have single - handedly taken
action on climate protection efforts and in many cases, creatively launched local energy efficiency programs to help reduce our carbon footprint in American cities.»
Funded by a grant from the European Research Council (ERC), Bernauer's team is investigating public opinion
on climate protection in the US, China, Brazil, India, Germany and Switzerland.
From the «just wait until they hear about Al Gore's 24 hour demand for a carbon tax» department comes this story from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology People don't put a high
value on climate protection Without further incentives selfish behaviour will continue to dominate People are bad at getting a grip on...
For example, in the past week, three major energy companies, PG&E, Exelon, and PNM have quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the chamber's ongoing denial of climate change and their
attacks on climate protection legislation.
And despite all of Merkel's pontification and Trump -
scolding on climate protection, her own country, Germany, has itself not cut back on greenhouse gas emissions in 8 years!
At the end of the meeting, all participants agreed that the establishment of a consolidated and interconnected civil society framework would allow for more structured and effective engagement with the public and private actors in seeking a direct and equitable
cooperation on climate protection, low carbon development and the promotion of renewable energies in the MENA region.
Despite overwhelming evidence of human caused climate change, the Trump administration has chosen to make the problem worse by their deliberate negligence, including their recent withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and rollbacks
on climate protections.
In order to reach its own targets and to be a model for other combatants on climate change Baden - Württemberg develops efforts
on climate protection.