Leonie Hammerstein

Political correspondent & reporter at DW, Germany's international broadcaster | SOAS Development Studies grad

[DW Politics @dw_politics]

As wildfires become more frequent, a German research group is investigating how forests can recover.

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Germany ranks 49th in a survey on the world's best countries for expats. 👎

Do foreign workers in Berlin agree?

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The UN reacts to Germany's controversial raids on climate activists from the "Last Generation" group.

Top UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said that climate advocates "kept the agenda moving through the darkest of days".

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“It is about real people. Real lives.“

Climate change and rising sea levels are threatening Tuvalu, a small island state in the Pacific. Its special envoy told DW why he wants rich countries to sign up for a new treaty pledging to stop the expansion of fossil fuel exploitation.

[Rising Nations Initiative @Rising_Nations]

🌍 Grateful @dwnews @hammerstein_leo for your exchange w/ Amb. @samuelu_Laloniu re impacts of climate change on Pacific Atoll countries. It's crucial we protect statehood, culture & heritage. The international community must shoulder their responsibility & advance #ClimateAction!

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Germany wants to return hundreds of human skulls to Tanzania.

It's part of an effort to shed light on its colonial history in East Africa.

[Stephen Stapczynski @SStapczynski]

MAJOR SHIFT: Pakistan is abandoning its LNG expansion plans because the fuel is too expensive, and instead will use more coal
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🚢"LNG is no longer part of the long-term plan," Energy Minister told Reuters
🏭 Pakistan to QUADRUPLE coal power capacity

https://t.co/xu5tPCQMnW

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Is the Global South paying for Germany's energy transition?

German climate activist Luisa Neubauer tells DW what she thinks of Germany's energy projects on the African continent.

[Hannah Knuth @hannahknuth]

In den letzten Monaten haben wir gemeinsam mit dem @guardian und @Source_Mat einen globalen Klima-Betrug recherchiert. Es geht um wertlose Co2-Zertifikate, Milliarden Dollar und ein System voller Interessenkonflikte. Unsere Berichterstattung, ab jetzt: https://t.co/VeXtfgLGyR

[Leonie Hammerstein @hammerstein_leo]

#Luetzerath now: police are trying to evict the last few remaining activists. They’re still holding out in trees, tree houses and an underground tunnel. Most of the village has been demolished to make way for the expansion of neighboring coal mine.

[Leonie Hammerstein @hammerstein_leo]

„Similar things are happening across the world”, Swedish climate activist @GretaThunberg tells cheering crowd. “We need to connect those struggles.” Majority of protesters continue to march towards #Luetzerath.

[Leonie Hammerstein @hammerstein_leo]

Thousands of protesters from across Germany have come to Keyenberg in western Germany. They’re joining a big rally in solidarity with the remaining activists in the neighboring #Luetzerath. The village being demolished for the expansion of the coal mine Garzweiler II.

[Leonie Hammerstein @hammerstein_leo]

Happening now: Many of the protesters have left the official route of the protest to head to the edge of the open-cast mine. “We want to walk all the way to #Luetzerath“, some tell us.

[Rosalia Romaniec🇩🇪 🇵🇱 🇮🇹🇪🇺 @RosaliaRomaniec]

Echt schade, Herr @Bundeskanzler.
Als ich Deutsch gelernt habe, wurde mir für Pressekonferenzen dringend die Höflichkeitsform empfohlen…😉

Und die Frage war schon sehr ernst gemeint.

#G7Gipfel

https://t.co/LbSjQmyiFW via @RND_de

[Ajit Niranjan @NiranjanAjit]

the new un report on climate solutions does not identify industry lobbying as a problem in its summary for policymakers or technical summary but the full report documents it over and over again 1/

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Rape as a weapon: huge scale of sexual violence endured in Ukraine emerges https://t.co/CVpVayeKyd