Climate barking in Schönau: EWS demands change for the future!

Climate barking in Schönau: EWS demands change for the future!

In an intensive discussion about climate protection, numerous EWS employees, who focus on sustainable energy future. At the event, Boris Gotchev, speaker for climate protection, focused on the worrying development of climate policy in the new federal government. Gotchev criticized that climate protection in the political agenda had lost importance. The construction of new gas power plants, which he described as a step in the wrong direction, is particularly alarming.

The chairman of the supervisory board Thomas Jorberg gave a keynote speech that highlighted the relationship between corporate vision and social responsibility. In the subsequent rounds of discussion on the future orientation of the company, it became clear that EWS is pursuing a clear vision: promoting climate protection for a world worth living. Sebastian Sladek, board member of the company, underlined this approach and emphasized the need for a common and renewable energy future.

revolutionary approaches in climate protection

The EWS is committed to their goals both politically and socially with a clear edge. This is done in a larger context of European climate policy, which aims to weaken the effects of climate change and to reduce environmental and climate-damaging activities. As the Federal Environment Agency describes, international climate protection agreements have a significant impact on the current strategies, whereby the UN framework and the Paris Agreement particularly protrude. In 2020, greenhouse gas emissions in the EU were around 3 million kilotons of CO₂ equivalents.

The distribution of these emissions illustrates that the energy sector with 26% and traffic with 22% are the largest cause. The EU has set itself ambitious goals, which are essentially summarized by the "A clean planet for everyone" initiative, which was published on November 18, 2018 and strives for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

economy meets climate policy

The discussion about climate goals receives additional buoyancy from the European Green Deal, which was adopted in December 2019. This represents a growth strategy to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. An integrated approach to energy supply security, energy efficiency increase and decarbonization is followed. National energy and climate protection plans (NECPS) are now mandatory for the Member States who have to report their progress in emission reduction and renewable energies.

In 2021, the EU climate network was passed, which defines the legal anchoring of greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 and a reduction by 55% by 2030. In addition, the EU Commission recently made proposals to achieve the net reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040. The "Fit for 55" initiative includes comprehensive strategy and legislative proposals for the implementation of these climate goals, supplemented by the Repower EU measures to accelerate the transition to clean energy and reduce the dependency on fossil fuels.