THE CLIMATE BET

Let's do it!

Our progress so far:

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Can protest for better climate protection be combined with the actual reduction of CO₂? We believe so and that’s why we bring the voices of 1 million people and their 1 million tons of saved CO₂ to the next World Climate Conference in Glasgow! Together, we can still reach the 1.5 degree goal, don’t you think so? Let’s do it!

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Walk the talk

When it comes to fighting climate change, time is running out. We have only a few months left until the next Climate Conference in Glasgow. It is our last chance to steer the world onto the 1.5 degree path and thus contain the climate crisis. Germany, for instance, will have used up its globally acceptable CO₂ budget as early as 2024 if no further measures are taken. However, instead of acting now, we only tend to talk about distant objectives: 2030, 2040, 2050.

We have to develop climate protection measures now that make us reach the Paris agreement tomorrow. With this climate bet, we bring this message loudly and credibly to Glasgow!

Note: The numbers on the map do not include the group participants and those who did not place a pin.

The Climate Bet

We bet that, by the World Climate Conference in Glasgow, at least 1 million people will have participated in this project. We believe that there are at least 1 million people out there in the world who, like us, do not only demand global responsibility for improved climate protection but are also willing to act themselves.

Are you in?

Save one ton of CO₂ and make a donation for a climate protection project of your choice.
Your personal behaviour makes a difference: Get inspired by our CO2 quick tips and climate challenges.

* One ton of CO₂ roughly corresponds to the emissions of a 5,000 km car journey. The average German citizen, for instance, emits 11 tons of CO2 emissions per year.

1 ton of CO2 - is that enough?

Is a donation to save one ton of CO₂ already enough? No, of course it is not but that’s exactly what this is all about. We have to do what is possible today to achieve the seemingly impossible tomorrow, namely to stop the temperature increase at 1.5 degrees Celsius. Together, we can do more than just protesting on the streets. We can already save the next ton of CO₂ in our own everyday lives, thereby making climate activism for consistent climate protection policies and for a successful climate conference in Glasgow more effective.

With your help, we also contribute to more climate justice. Your donation supports people who are disproportionally suffering from the climate crisis, from droughts, and poverty. Your contribution helps to improve their social situation and to protect the climate at the same time. Make sure you check out our encouraging projects!

Spread the word

1 million participants are needed for the climate bet to be successful. We know this is a lot but we are convinced that two things will make this goal possible: your help and the snowball effect. On September 20 2019, over 1 million people demonstrated for better climate action only in Germany. Spread the word by telling your friends about the importance of the next climate conference and motivating them to take part in the climate bet as well.

We can reach 1 million people in just 20 weeks if you convince two friends within a week who themselves convince two more…

Let’s do it!

Backed by our patron

"We need such initiatives. Initiatives that encourage us and make us act. After all, we all need to do more to protect the climate: The international community, Germany, as well as companies and citizens.”

(Prof. Dirk Messner, Federal Environment Agency)

Our ambassadors

Janine Steeger

Environmentalist, journalist, moderator, book author

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Eckart von Hirschhausen

Doctor, science journalist, founder of the Healthy Earth - Healthy People Foundation

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Dr. Claudia Kemfert

Energy economist, professor, head of the department "Energy, Transport, Environment" at DIW

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Sarah Wiener

Cook, Member of the European Parliament, Founder of the Sarah Wiener Foundation

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Johannes Remmel

NRW Environment Minister (ret.), MDL, Spokesperson for Urban Development and European Policy of the Green Party in the NRW State Parliament

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Katja Dörner

Lord Mayor of Bonn, politician Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

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Rainer Baake

Former State Secretary, Director of the Climate Neutrality Foundation

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Jutta Paulus

Member of the European Parliament and pharmacist

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Cordula Weimann

Chairwoman Omas for Future

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Sven Plöger

Meteorologist

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Dr. Sigrid Nikutta

Member of the Executive Board Freight Transport Deutsche Bahn AG

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The Climate Bet is an unconventional and creative way to demonstrate that we need more and faster climate protection. Everyone is called upon and contributes to its success. I particularly like the fact that every participation benefits the climate and people in the global south in real terms. That's why I'm joining in.

We are on the verge of losing everything, which is why we need original actions like the Climate Bet. A bet where there are only winners. Our health, our planet, our future. Healthy people only exist on a healthy planet. Wanna bet?

We are at the beginning of a new era, a climate action era. Every company, every club, every school, every neighbourhood and every Climate Bet is the nucleus of a climate-friendly world. Every contribution counts. Mondays for Future. The time for real change is here. That's why I'm also taking part in the Climate Bet!

I bet that together we can all save CO₂ and other harmful emissions, help socially disadvantaged people to a better standard of living and protect the resources on our planet - if only we want to. The Climate Bet would be a possible step towards a liveable future.

The Climate Bet shows that we need to take action as a community to address climate change.

I think the Climate Bet is a great initiative. We urgently need to do much more to combat the climate crisis. In Bonn, for example, we had the hottest night ever recorded here. We have now had three extreme summers of drought, which shows us on the ground how urgent and important it is to finally implement effective climate protection. And initiatives like the Climate Bet are of course great, because they mobilise people and want to trigger a kind of snowball effect. And I also believe that they can trigger it.

Climate neutrality means that everyone must participate in climate protection. Politics, business and each and every one of us. There is a lot of support for this among the population. The Climate Bet is a great initiative to show this!

We still have the chance to slow down the climate crisis and the extinction of species and to bequeath a livable Earth to future generations. Let's do it! If we want to save our planet and our livelihoods, we must make every effort.

Our children and grandchildren need us now. The Climate Bet not only gives us the opportunity to playfully protect our planet, but also shows how everyone can actively protect the climate in their own everyday lives - out of love for life, for nature and for all the children of this world.

Perhaps we simply lack the incentive. And you have to create your own incentives. There is something really great - the Climate Bet. Let's make a bet! Let's bet that 1 million people in Germany will manage to prevent 1 million tons of CO₂ emissions - that is, 1 ton each. If we win this bet, we will bring the results to the political decision makers on November 1st at the climate conference in Glasgow. Simply to set an example, to show the willingness for real change in climate protection and climate justice. [Foto: Sebastian Knoth]

Those who rely on the freight train automatically consume 80% less CO₂ for the transport of their goods and merchandise than by truck. We can only achieve our climate goals in Germany if we transfer significantly more freight from road to rail. To give these goals more weight, I am joining the Climate Bet.