With the official trip from Mr. Vance et al. to Greenland, the Trump administration most importantly acknowledges global warming. The press conference from Mr. Vance “visiting” Greenland, March 28, 2025 (e.g. Forbes Breaking News) reveals, the Trump administration acts like the Putin administration with the “peaceful” annexation of Krim 2014….
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1.5°C expected in 4.5 years – we need a first global referendum on climate actions now
Latest data from the “Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)” (copernicus.eu) and its “C3S Global temperature trend monitor” shows global warming reached 1.38°C in February 2025. Reaching 1.5°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels – the limit agreed under the “Paris Agreement” – is expected by September 2029, within ca. 4.5…
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U.S. tariffs politics shows very strong demand for global tax system
We are in great favour of a globalised market without any tariffs and boarders. Global trade is probably one of the greatest developments of humanity. Not only the plurality of products & services, the possibility of global travel, and the gains in supply resilience (e.g. during the COVID-19 pandemics, the…
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Make planet Earth great (again)
To start with, our mother planet Earth is great. Everyone can experience that. It just takes a walk out into nature keeping your aesthetics open – seeing the beauty with your eyes, enjoying the sun or rainfall with your skin, “listening to the silence” from nature, tasting the fruits, smelling…
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Current geopolitics fails to deliver on the by far most important & urgent KPI for humanity
Global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity is currently by far the most important and most urgent “security threat” to humanity. Global “greenhouse gas” (GHG) emissions is currently by far the most important “key performance indicator” (KPI) for geopolitics in our view. (see the following graph from “Our…
2024 Nobel Prize supports (global) democracy
The 2024 “Nobel Prize” within Economic Sciences goes to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson: “These contributions are also of practical importance because the large and persistent income gap between the world’s richest and poorest countries has enormous consequences for billions of people living in the world today….
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We pledge for a global direct democratic vote on climate actions
After (1) the “UN Biodiversity Conference” (CBD COP16) and the corresponding “decisions” from November 1, 2024, (2) the “G20 Brasil 2024” summit and the corresponding “Rio de Janeiro Declaration” from November 19, 2024, and (3) the “UN Climate Change Conference Baku” (COP29) and the corresponding “Baku Climate Unity Pact” from…
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Wall Street shows very weak global (sustainable) leadership
After the “United States of America” (USA) presidential election the “Dow Jones Industrial Average” (Dow) increased ca. 5% within one day (see graph). This is certainly due to many reasons. Nevertheless, within the context of in our view the most pressing topic for human history – global warming, climate change,…
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2024 United States presidential election show very strong need for global democracy
It is the same pattern with the “United States of America” (USA), as it is in Europe. People feel the pressure from a globalised economy and feel the influence from a globalised society. They might not fully understand all the very complex correlations, nevertheless they do feel affected, attacked, targeted,…
UN “World Population Prospects 2024” report shows significant global science crises
We very much acknowledge the work from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) on the latest „World Population Prospects 2024“ (World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results) report (population.un.org), one of the flag ship reports from UN DESA and certainly one of the crucial reports to…