All the points addressed in the special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “Global Warming of 1.5°C”, can be found in the new book “The Billionaire Joker”, published by Murmann Verlag, by the institute’s director. It can be read as a response to the latest global climate report.
A book full of surprising insights, information, and findings. Anyone who wants to participate knowledgeably in the current situation should definitely read this book.
Climate. Positive. Now.
Global warming is progressing relentlessly. The crucial question: Can the international community still prevent a climate catastrophe?
Franz Josef Radermacher is cautiously optimistic. His proposal is brilliantly simple and rigorously calculated: Non-state actors in Germany and Europe voluntarily and at their own expense offset their greenhouse gas emissions – beyond all legal requirements and other individual measures – through high-quality CO2 compensation projects in non-industrialized countries. At the same time, substantial co-benefits regarding the UN Sustainable Development Goals are achieved. Key elements of implementation include reforestation, humus formation, wetland restoration, use of renewable energies, and climate-neutral synthetic fuels.
Overcoming conflicts of objectives between ecology, economy, and social issues. For an ecologically and socially oriented economy and the valorization of degraded nature.
Der Milliarden-Joker.
Franz Josef Radermacher is one of the country’s leading economists and systems scientists. On the international stage, he advises governments, companies, associations, and NGOs.
Further Information
Books, that were also recently published on the same topic:
Climate Neutrality – Hessen 5 Years Ahead
Martin J. Worms, Franz Josef Radermacher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 01.10.2018 – 308 pages
The climate issue is gaining increasing importance. Global CO2 emissions continue to rise. In this context, the state of Hessen has taken an important step as a mid-level political entity, which is beginning to exert significant leverage. Hessen is the first German federal state to declare its intention to make its own administration climate-neutral by 2030. The Hessian climate-neutrality project is embedded in the state’s overarching sustainability strategy and is a project of outstanding significance within this strategy.
Excerpt from the Foreword
The international community has committed to the 2°C target in climate protection. In 2015, in Paris, this target was even tightened to “well below 2°C.” This goal requires that average global temperatures rise in the future by significantly less than 2°C compared to pre-industrial times. According to scientific analyses by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is still a good chance under this condition to manage climate changes without catastrophic consequences for humanity. According to the 1992 UN Climate Convention in Rio de Janeiro and the 2015 Paris Agreement, this involves jointly – but with shared responsibility among the states – controlling the risks of uncontrolled atmospheric change.
In this context, the state of Hessen decided in 2009 to achieve climate neutrality for its administration by 2030, going far beyond existing legal obligations. The state has systematically pursued this goal within its sustainability strategy, in connection with other activities, thereby setting an example and achieving strong influence. This mainly applies to its properties but also to employee business travel, and the state achieves much more through interactions with numerous actors in Hessen at all levels.
This volume presents the spectrum of climate-related activities achieved in Hessen, which is of particular interest to us as editors, documents the accomplishments, and places them in a global context. Who would have thought eight years ago that so much could be achieved in such a short time – or even five years ago, when the first edition of the now revised and newly published book “Climate Neutrality – Hessen Leads the Way” came out?
