Vortrag: Deutschlands größter CO2-Emittent und warum du noch nicht von ihm gehört hast

In the organizer's words:

Germany's biggest CO2 emitter is called: *drum roll* Heidelberg Materials. The company is responsible for around 22 million tons of CO2 emissions every year, violates human rights and breaks international law. A talk about greenwashing, global struggles, creative resistance and how we can finally stop cementing our future.

The cement industry is responsible foreight percent of global CO2 emissions. That's twice as much as the CO2 emissions of the continent of Africa and three times the total global air traffic! Despite this, the cement industry has hardly played a role in the public climate debate to date and Heidelberg Materials in particular presents itself to the outside world as a "green" company. This is despite the fact that it ranks first among all DAX companies in terms of CO2 emissions, even ahead of RWE.

But instead of putting pressure on the conservative industry, the EU is supporting the cement companies with free emissions certificates. The entire industry has made several million euros in additional profits in recent years thanks to the free certificates.

But it's not just about the climate - Heidelberg Materials is committing human rights and international law violations in the Western Sahara, Indonesia, Togo and the West Bank.

As part of the End Cement campaign, this year we are calling for decentralized days of action across Germany on 17 and 18 October. Whether it's a demonstration, rally, guided tour of a building project or creative acts of civil disobedience, anything is possible. Is your group working on the topic of building transformation, climate or international rights? Is there a cement works or a gravel pit near you? Is a new area in your town to be sealed or a forest to be cut down to make way for a concrete building? The possibilities are many and varied, and the more people take part, the louder we can bring the issue of the building revolution into the public discourse.

In this slot, there will be a 60-minute input on cement and its alternatives.
Afterwards we want to brainstorm ideas with you and network.

The full program at Mobicamp with all lectures, exhibitions, films and concerts: https://www.mobiwende.camp/program