Renewable energy offers a comeback to the countries of Southern Europe
As fossil fuel prices soar, the bill proves to be less steep in Spain and Portugal, two countries ahead in the deployment of renewable energy.
Europe needs a political and technological wake-up call to preserve its standard of living. The ecological transition can be the catalyst for renewal.
"In an ideal world, high-income individuals, aware of their responsibility, would voluntarily give up highly greenhouse-gas-emitting activities," explains Philippe Thalmann, professor of environmental economics at EPFL.
The experts at the Agora think tanks have updated the challenges and solutions in their scenario for a climate-neutral Germany.
A very recent study takes stock of the state of the climate. The occurrence of hurricanes like Milton is, unfortunately, a very predictable anomaly.