The more than 2000 Swiss women, called KlimaSeniorinnen, won a climate case in the European Court of Human Rights. The court ruled that Switzerland has failed to comply with its duties under the convention concerning climate change and violated the right to respect for private and family life.
EcoTalks: What's the difference between 'climate change' and 'global warming'?
‘Climate change’, ‘global warming’, ‘climate crisis’, ‘climate emergency’—terms to describe the current state of the planet are swarming on the news. But do they all mean the same thing? When do you use which one? And why is the term global warming sometimes undermining itself?
That’s what we’ll define in this episode of EcoTalks.
Climate crisis: Traces of the drought
As the world’s climate activists rise up and chose more disruptive means to recall the urgency, in Luxembourg anyone disrupts the functioning of society - although drought and heatwaves leave traces in nature as Claudine Feltgen from the Asbl natur&emwelt explains. Local Matters this week focuses on climate change and climate activism.
Local Matters: The impact of the drought on nature
Claudine Felten, forest engineer for the nature protection foundation natur&emwelt, about the impact of the drought on nature.
Local Matters: The challenges for the rescue service CGDIS
On Local Matters, Tom Barnig, director of operations at the national rescue service CGDIS, told us about the challenges provoked by the drought.
Local Matters: The impact of the drought on vineyards
In our interview on Local Matters, Marc Weyer, president of the Luxembourg's association of winegrowers, tells about the impact of the drought on the vineyards.
Getting to the Root of Climate Education!
Friday’s For Future took form out of the actions of our young people, the very ones whose future and existence is at risk. Now, our young people, are thinking about their young people, and what it will take to create a sustainable future from the ground-up.
The winds of change have blown a number of times, but what does it take to make that change sustainable? Education! That’s why, the International Team on Climate Education and Teach The Future UK activists are organising an online action to take place this week. It is expect that activists will speak out about the need for climate education in schools, the group has also promised to give a heads up to its April action targeting the European Heads of states.
The group demands that climate education be available for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, age, sex and social status and must be provided at every level of education. Equally, they expect climate education to be integrated into the core values of every curriculum and thus be taught in every subject and discipline. They insist students must learn about the scientific, social and ethical aspects of the climate crisis. They demand that educational institutions provide the tools and support to help students and teachers cope with climate anxiety and mental health issues. Education and understanding starts at the top, and therefore, according to the activists, all teachers must be trained in climate education and be provided with lesson schemes and teaching materials. Educational institutions should be far more engaged in developing responsibility for nature and society as well as engage students to practice active citizenship and they set all this against a target of all educational institutions being NET 0 by 2030, plus all newly built schools must be emissions-free.
The Climate Education Project, is a group of 80 activists from 35 countries and a part of a worldwide movement Fridays for Future. Through cooperating with climate specialists and advisors they are working on achieving one specific goal: to implement general climate education in schools. Without education there will no change and the public will be no wiser about issues the modern world faces. They demand that the climate crisis be taken seriously.