Second Meeting of the Supporters’ Circle of the Alliance for Development and Climate

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On September 17, the Supporters’ Circle of the Alliance for Development and Climate convened in Bonn. Around 200 supporters and interested participants discussed the potential of additional voluntary engagement by non-state actors in climate protection and development with Federal Minister Dr. Gerd Müller and other high-ranking guests. [Link to photo gallery and article].

At the sidelines of the meeting, Federal Minister Müller presented the Alliance’s initiatives and recommendations for international climate policy. The [YouTube video] shows the press conference, which also featured contributions from Prof. Radermacher.

Photos © GIZ/Aschoffotografie

Festive Colloquium for the Presentation of the Germany-Austria Prize

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On September 19, 2019, the Germany-Austria Prize was presented at the Austrian Consulate General in Munich. Together with the Universitäts.club / Science Association Carinthia of the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, FAW/n received the Recognition Award from the Austrian-German Society. We are very pleased with this honor, which recognizes longstanding, sustainable, cross-border, unconventional, widely impactful, and lively engagement with science, culture, and contemporary issues.

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Why a CO₂ Tax Won’t Solve Our Problems

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CO₂ Tax vs. Emissions Trading: Which Is More Effective?

What is the most successful strategy in the fight against CO₂ emissions: a tax on carbon dioxide output, or offsetting CO₂ through emissions trading? Or do we need an entirely different approach?

  • Currently, a national CO₂ tax is under discussion
  • What we really need, however, are globally applicable new technologies
  • The methanol economy and emissions trading are key components of the solution

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Two Awards for FAW/n / Professor Radermacher

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Austria-Germany Award

On March 21, 2019, FAW/n was informed that, together with the Universitäts.club / Carinthian Society for Science at the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, it would receive this year’s Recognition Award from the Austrian-German Society. The award is presented annually on varying themes. This year, it highlights a scientific partnership between an Austrian and a German partner that has engaged over a long period with relevant research topics. The 2019 Recognition Award for science is shared equally between the Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing (FAW/n) in Ulm and the Universitäts.club / Science Association Carinthia at the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt. The awardees meet a range of criteria: longstanding, sustainable, cross-border, unconventional, broad-reaching, and dynamic engagement with science, culture, and contemporary issues. The location of both institutes outside major metropolitan areas was also deliberately viewed as a positive factor. The award carries a prize of €10,000. The festive colloquium will take place on September 19, 2019, at the Austrian Consulate General in Munich.

Abt Jerusalem Prize

On February 1, 2019, it was announced that Prof. F.J. Radermacher would receive this year’s Abt Jerusalem Prize. The prize is awarded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brunswick, the Technical University of Braunschweig, the Braunschweig Scientific Society, and the Braunschweig Cultural Heritage Foundation for outstanding scientific contributions to the dialogue between the humanities, natural sciences, and engineering. The Abbot Jerusalem Prize includes a monetary award of €5,000 as well as the presentation of the Abbot Jerusalem bust by Fürstenberg. The festive colloquium for the award ceremony is scheduled for November 26, 2019, at the Monastery Church in Riddagshausen, Braunschweig.

Image source: Flickr/Patrick Lordan