After the popularity of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, the students of the”Fridays-for-Future”movement back now also cover the science: so Far, 716, researchers in Germany have signed the Petition, calling for respect and full support for the students. It is expected to be on 12. March will be officially presented. Daily mirror Background has to know about it prior to the scheduled publication from science circles.
the concerns of The demonstrators and students were justified and well-founded, found the researchers. The current measures on climate, species, forest, marine and soil protection are Far from adequate. Among the signatories are prominent names from all disciplines, including Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, Claudia Kemfert, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Eckart von hirschhausen, Ranga Yogeshwar, Barbara Praetorius, Dirk Uwe Sauer and Sven Plöger. Similar to the student protests, “Fridays for the Future” is the name of the researchers Initiative, “Scientists for the Future”.
The enormous mobilization of the “Fridays-for-Future”movement showing that the students had understood the Situation, according to the scientists. The young people demanded that the company-aligning, without further Hesitation on sustainability. Without a profound and systematic change is your future in danger. So, it is time to change the usual food, mobility and consumption patterns fundamentally.
“Germany is no better than the US”
he welcomed the fact that “the children bring to the important issues on the table,” said energy expert Volker Quaschning from the HTW University of applied Sciences HTW Berlin on request, after the daily mirror had a Background from another source. Since they would now be discredited publicly for your commitment, help you with the science. “We sit at the source of information about climate change,” Quaschning. The response to the action was “overwhelming”, more and more researchers joined the Petition.
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Many scientists shook the head about how the German policy act in terms of climate. Germany is not better than the USA, whose President wants to know from a man-made global warming is nothing. “The Paris climate agreement will be ratified, and then the politicians do nothing, the agreed objectives to implement the” criticized Quaschning. Neither the German plans to exit the expansion plans for renewable energy or the reduction efforts in the transport or heat sector is also the only approach to be wise enough in order to reach the 1.5 degree target for limiting global warming.
The policy to the researchers, the responsibility, climate friendly and sustainable practices in a simple and cost effective to make. Climate injurious Act must, however, be expensive and unattractive. As concrete examples of the scientists effective CO2-prices, the Cut in subsidies for climate-damaging actions and products, efficiency, regulations and social innovations.
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