People

Issue 1/2019

Skipping school to save the world

More and more young people around the globe are joining school strikes to voice their frustration at failed energy and climate policy. It all began with a 15-year-old in Sweden.

22 Feb 19, Michael Hahn 0

Issue 5/2018

A champion of climate justice

Roda Verheyen is taking the fight against climate change to the courts. After locking horns with energy corporation RWE, she has now taken on the EU.

17 Oct 18, Tim Altegör 0

Issue 3&4/2018

Coal lobbyist in charge of US environmental policy

The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency Andrew Wheeler is likely to carry on eroding climate efforts in the US – perhaps even more so than his predecessor.

22 Aug 18, Benjamin von Brackel 0

Interview

“We will see huge changes in our economic model and lifestyle”

A conversation with Barbara Hendricks about her experience as Germany's Federal Minister for the Environment, the new government’s climate plans and the social changes that go hand in hand with a decisive stance against global warming.

23 May 18, Interviewed by Astrid Dähn and Jörg-Rainer Zimmermann 0

Issue 2/2018

“Opposing coal is politically dangerous”

The anti-coal movement has reached Russia, says environmental activist Vladimir Slivyak. The country’s government is not happy.

16 Apr 18, Interviewed by Friederike Meier 0

Issue 1/2018

Putting a price on nature

WWF has named a former banker and economist as its new president. With the appointment, the environmental body hopes to highlight the importance of factoring the value of clean air and water into GDP calculations.

1 Mar 18, Christian Mihatsch 0