Germany’s ruling conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) will choose their new party leader on Saturday. Whoever of the three candidates wins has the best chance of becoming Germany’s next chancellor – and thus one of the most powerful politician in Europe. EURACTIV Germany reports.
The contenders are: MP and foreign policy expert Norbert Röttgen, former parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz, and North Rhine-Westphalian leader Armin Laschet.
Politically, they differ mostly in their vision of what it means to be conservative in today’s world, and neither of the three has presented concrete stances on European policy.
Even though the CDU leader traditionally becomes a candidate for chancellor, it is not guaranteed that one of these three will replace Angela Merkel. Röttgen, in particular, has emphasised that he would not necessarily insist on a chancellor candidacy.
The pope’s newly appointed scientific adviser said the coronavirus pandemic has forced world leaders to face up to the “existential risk” of the climate crisis. Prof Ottmar Edenhofer said rich countries now had a moral duty to compensate poor countries already suffering the impacts. Edenhofer, director of the climate research institute MCC in Berlin and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, was appointed to provide scientific advice.
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Pathways for India for raising climate ambition, biodiversity protection, sustainable development
An Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) note on IIM-A representing India in the FABLE consortium, which mobilises top knowledge institutions from 20 countries to support ways to achieve sustainable food and land use systems for achieving climate change goals:
Operating as part of the Food and Land Use Coalition, the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium mobilizes top knowledge institutions from 20 countries to support the development of decision-support tools and long-term pathways towards sustainable food and land-use systems. The FABLE Secretariat, led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), with support from EAT and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), coordinates the FABLE Consortium.