February 2025

Markus Ehrmann

Markus Ehrmann is one of my My Carbon Heroes, he joins the management team of the Environmental Energy Law Foundation as Co-Head of Research. The Würzburg research organisation has thus gained a renowned environmental and energy law expert with a penchant for emissions trading for its scientific work.

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“Super App” from Tobit Laboratories available

Picture Credit: Silvia Rausch Becker.Parks or charging stations. Or notifications if, for example, a jacket has been left in the cloakroom at an online disco. “It all works via the QR codes,” reveals Strickling. The app also memorises city vouchers, for example, and automatically deducts them from the next purchase. A wallet stores concert tickets,

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Cargo ship Clipper Eris captures and stores its own CO2

Photo Credit: Solvang For the first time, a merchant ship will test an on-board system that captures and stores its own COâ‚‚ emissions. This innovation could be a turning point in reducing emissions in the shipping industry, one of the world’s biggest polluters. The shipping industry, which is responsible for almost 3 per cent of

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Germanwatch study/German slaughter and dairy companies contribute to climate crisis

In 2022, the 20 German slaughter and dairy companies with the highest turnover recorded almost two thirds (61 per cent) as high emissions as total car traffic in Germany in the same period. However, the information they provide on their climate protection efforts is extremely patchy. These are two key findings of a study presented

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Ines Zenke

Ines Zenke is one of my Carbon Heroes. She is a Lawyer and partner at the law firm Becker Büttner Held in Berlin, specializing in energy law. Author of the guide to trading CO2 certificates (Munich 2006). Ines Zenke has been Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Uniper SE since 2022.

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