During the 65th Lindau Meeting, 36 Nobel laureates signed the Mainau Declaration 2015 on Climate Change, an emphatic appeal for climate protection. It states that „the world must make rapid progress towards lowering current and future greenhouse gas emissions to minimize the substantial risks of climate change. [...] The nations of the world must take the opportunity at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015 to take decisive action to limit future global emissions.” The Nobel laureates refer to the latest report by the the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Prof. Wolfgang Lubitz, Director at MPI CEC and vice president of the Lindau Meeting Board of Trustees favors the appeal: „The signing of the declaration by 36 Nobel laureates is an important step to further raise awarness for the impact of climate change in public and politics.

The topic was also discussed in the press, for example in the <link http: www.abendblatt.de ratgeber wissen article205442329 mehr-als-30-nobelpreistraeger-rufen-zum-klimaschutz-auf.html _blank external-link-new-window external link in new>Hamburger Abendblatt or the <link http: www.faz.net aktuell wissen _blank external-link-new-window external link in new> Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

You will find further information on the Mainau Declaration on the <link http: www.lindau-nobel.org _blank external-link-new-window external link in new>Lindau Nobel Lauerate Meetings’ website.