This is the amount the world has spent in 2022 for world military expenditure. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published this data today. This is a 3.7% growth in real terms, a 19% growth over the last 10 years. US, China, India, Russia and Saudi Arabia together account…
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Providing weapons for war
24th February 2022, the war in Ukraine started with the invasion of Russia. Or at least with the desperate trying of an invasion to so-called “re-claim”Russian territory’s. As this is a conflict happening right at the border of Europe the EU nations and their allies have taken clear positions in…
Easter marches
A quick one: During the easter time we have a tradition across the world to demonstrate for peace. These marches are called “easter marches” and during different times they had been more or less popular.With a focus on the Ukraine war, these marches are demonstrating for peace and ending the…
Climate activists
Easter season is approaching and you and your family/friends are getting ready for vacation. You get your holiday approved by your employer, you are selecting a place to go – ie North Italy – and you start to plan. As a matter of fact, you decide to take the car.…
Getting into politics
Looking across the world the established parties in many many countries are having trouble to get something done and execute their promises from the elections. Consequence is, that change isn’t progressing and the satisfaction levels of the population are not very good. Examples are manifold…UK struggling to get anything decided…
Berlin – climate neutral 2030…part II
Well..yesterday Berlin voted and the referendum was not successful. Why? Because just 30% (!!!) went voting! There had been just about 900K voters out of which 51% were voting for the referendum.Guess the other 1.6M voters enjoyed a nice Sunday…most likely some debating what could be done about climate change…
Something to be changed
As I am based in Switzerland and I enjoy having the pleasure to be a guest here I was a first hand follower of the Credit Suisse exodus last week.During the last couple days more and more information gets to the public how CS has been managed over the last…
Media & Climate…
Anybody wondering why the general sentiment in the media towards climate changing initiatives is still conservative or even sceptical/critical?I am getting this every single day and the media ist replaceable…New York Times, CNN, German newspaper FAZ & SZ, German broadcaster ZDF, ARD and literally ANY privately owned media company. And…