Bigi Alt
Bigi Alt runs environment-focused coverage for Sonnenseite – Ökologische Kommunikation mit Franz Alt, where she works on the editorial side of a platform dedicated to climate, energy and ecological change. Her work combines policy-led climate reporting with a solutions-oriented view of the energy turnaround and wider environmental transformation. She is responsible for keeping Sonnenseite’s content current on a daily basis, which gives her coverage a continuous, issue-tracking quality rather than occasional spot reporting.
EU climate policy and cross-border action
A central strand in Bigi Alt’s recent work is European climate policy and how it plays out across borders. In “A new approach to the EU’s promised cross-border climate action”, she examines how the European Union’s climate commitments translate into practical cooperation between member states and cross-border implementation mechanisms. Her reporting on this subject focuses on the mechanics of policy delivery rather than abstract pledges, looking at how agreements are operationalised and where gaps remain.
That emphasis on implementation fits the broader Sonnenseite remit, which covers climate policy alongside the impacts of climate change and the greenhouse effect. Alt’s climate-policy pieces sit within that framework and track how regulatory decisions intersect with energy systems, environmental stress and the longer-term transition away from fossil fuels.
The result is coverage that treats EU climate action as a technical and political process that must be measured against concrete outcomes, not just headline targets.
Renewable energy and the energy turnaround
Alt’s editorial work is closely tied to the energy turnaround and the shift towards renewable power, a core focus of Sonnenseite since its inception. The platform is dedicated to alternatives to conventional energy production, with recurring themes of renewable energies, solar building and a solar-based economy.
Working within this frame, Alt’s environment coverage consistently returns to how energy systems can be reorganised around solar, wind, bioenergy, geothermal, hydropower and other renewable sources.
Her role in maintaining Sonnenseite’s daily output means she continually selects and shapes material that follows the trajectory of the energy transition. That includes pieces on upgrading and repurposing existing solar installations, integrating storage and other technologies into older PV systems, and highlighting practical routes to cut emissions within existing infrastructure. This focus on real-world energy solutions distinguishes her from more generic environment reporters who might cover renewables as one topic among many; for Alt, the energy turnaround is a through-line that structures her coverage.
Continuous environmental coverage at Sonnenseite
Alt works at the editorial core of Sonnenseite, where she is named as part of the editorial team and co-runs the platform. Sonnenseite’s environment section tracks ongoing ecological developments, from extreme summers and drought conditions to record-low water levels in rivers and lakes. Alt’s responsibility for keeping the website up to date translates into a steady stream of environment stories that monitor these changes as they unfold, rather than treating them as isolated events.
The platform’s remit spans climate change, ecological transport, water management, organic farming and ecological tax reform. Alt’s continuous editorial work across these themes means her coverage treats environment as a connected system, drawing lines between weather extremes, land use, infrastructure and policy.
For communications teams, this makes her work particularly relevant when a story touches several of these domains at once, because she is used to handling environmental topics in an integrated way rather than in isolation.
Linking environment, peace and human rights
Another distinguishing feature of Alt’s work at Sonnenseite is the explicit link between environmental questions, peace and human rights. The platform’s thematic description includes peace and human rights alongside climate and energy topics, and Alt’s name appears on materials that address war and peace, including content around the war in Ukraine.
This positioning brings a justice dimension into Sonnenseite’s environmental coverage, framing climate and energy issues within broader concerns about conflict, rights and global security.
Through her daily editorial role, Alt helps sustain this linkage in practice, ensuring that coverage of climate policy and energy transition does not sit apart from discussions about peace or rights. That makes her work distinct from more narrowly technical environment reporting: environmental change is treated not only as a physical or economic issue, but also as part of a wider landscape of social stability and human rights. Stories pitched into her remit that recognise these intersections are more likely to align with the way Sonnenseite presents environmental and climate topics.
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Alex Lubben
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