taz Panter Foundation: Empowering civil society

The focus is on the fight against the climate crisis as an essential commitment to civil courage and democratic values.

Since 2005, the taz Panter Prize has been awarded annually for the protection of basic democratic rights and civil courage and represents a significant motivation for social commitment. In recent years, the taz Panter Foundation has broadened its perspective in order to recognise the fight against the climate crisis as an essential commitment to civil courage and democratic values. Since 2020, the focus of the taz Panter Prize has been on climate protection under the motto "Climate activist wanted!".

The foundation also supports the podcast "klima update" and runs the taz-Klimahub in cooperation with the independent online magazine klimareporter°. Every Friday, it summarises developments on the climate crisis and presents the most important climate news of the week.

In addition to regular activities, the foundation is also involved in specific projects. One example is the organisation of a memorial event in Berlin for the lawyer and politician Christian Ströbele ( Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), who passed away in 2022, as well as the publication of a special magazine in his honour. Ströbele, one of the co-founders of taz in 1978, was actively involved in the committee of the taz Panter Foundation until his death.