Four Demands for a Successful Long-Term Negative Emissions Strategy in Germany
To ensure that Germany achieves its goal of climate neutrality by 2045, negative emissions are necessary, as depicted in the global IPCC scenarios.
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Publish date: April 14, 2009
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On April 15th, such a ban will be discussed in a first “trialogue” meeting between the Council of Ministers, the European Parliament and the European Commission.
The main stocks of seals being hunted are now around historical highs. A blanket ban on trade in seal products would thus undermine the EU’s credibility as a serious partner in designing a new policy framework for the Arctic.
“We Europeans have a primary responsibility for the loss of biodiversity throughout the world because of the ecological footprint our consumption puts on the rest of the world. It is our duty to do everything we can to reduce the pressure on endangered species, but a ban on trade in seal products would be counterproductive”, Hoff says.
Most sealing takes place in the North Atlantic, particularly in Canada, and concerns the harp seal. All countries bordering the North Atlantic are part of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), which consists of a network of 1,600 scientists. ICES has estimated that several of the stocks being hunted, such as the Greenland and Northwest Atlantic harp seal stocks, are around historical highs.
To ensure that Germany achieves its goal of climate neutrality by 2045, negative emissions are necessary, as depicted in the global IPCC scenarios.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Transport on the Northern Sea Route is not sustainable, and Kirkenes must not become a potential hub for transport along the Siberian coast. Bellona believes this is an important message Norway should deliver in connection with the Prime Minister's visit to China. In an open letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, Bellona asks the Prime Minister to make it clear that the Chinese must stop shipping traffic through the Northeast Passage.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has published a new report on its efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, with the agency’s director-general warning that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station remains “precarious and very fragile.”