Climate protection: theory and practice

No discernible trend in climate protection

The companies in the manufacturing trade (without construction industry) in Germany spent 2.4 billion euros for climate protection in Germany-according to the Federal Statistical Office, about a quarter of environmental protection investments. Of this, “1.1 billion euros were spent on measures to use renewable energies. These include, for example, wind turbines and photovoltaic systems. Another 1.0 billion euros have been invested in measures to increase energy efficiency and energy savings. ” Climate protection investments have increased somewhat compared to the previous year. However, the view of the past ten years shows that there is no recognizable trend in climate protection.

Climate protection: The world is not doing enough

The Germanwatch organization presented its climate protection index (KSI) 2020 . It rates countries worldwide after their efforts to protect climate, according to the indicators “greenhouse gases”, “renewable energies”, “energy consumption” and “climate policy”. With the following result: According to the KSI 2020, no country undertakes enough to stop global warming. The United States cuts off particularly badly, they are in the last place. Russia and Australia also achieve very poor index values ​​in climate protection.

Germany is in 23rd place in the ranking, with an index value of 55.78 out of 100 possible points. This means that the Federal Republic is still behind countries like India and Brazil when it comes to climate protection efforts, as the graphic shows. The best result in 2020 was achieved by Sweden. No country reaches places one to three because, according to Germanwatch, no state is doing enough to stop climate change.

For the KSI 2020, Germanwatch evaluated a total of 56 countries worldwide. The aim of the ranking is to build pressure on states when it comes to climate protection.