Environment and Climate Crisis

Almost all marine animals suffer from plastic – especially microplastics. But humans and land animals are also affected. That’s why the EU has banned single-use plastic products. For us Greens, Zero Waste remains the goal. In the future, no more waste should be produced, and we want to stop wasting resources alltogether. Products should be designed in such a way […]

Half of all species worldwide are now threatened by extinction. In Saxony-Anhalt alone, this affects 1,500 plant and animal species. For the European wildcat pictured here, things are literally getting tight. It lives in dense, near-natural forests. Urban development and the resulting fragmentation of nature and landscapes are increasingly limiting its habitat. Biodiversity is under growing threat from the climate […]

There is hardly any other species where the effects of the climate crisis are as tragically visible as in the polar bear. According to estimates, there are only around 25,000 of them left in the wild. Because the Arctic ice is melting faster due to temperature changes, polar bears have less time in winter to hunt seals. As a result, […]