Amid rising global military spending, intensifying geopolitical tensions, and a mounting debt crisis among the world’s poorest countries, Brazil’s COP30 presidency is increasingly focused on building coalitions of the willing and exploring new financial instruments and solutions. The Bonn SB62 talks placed financial disputes back at the top of the climate agenda, highlighting 2025 as […]
China aims to expand its ETS to cover more sectors and implement carbon caps for some of them as early as 2027. This is according to a yet-unpublished strategy document from the Chinese government, as confirmed to Table.Briefings by analysts with access to the draft. However, the document also contains caveats: Sector-specific CO2 caps will […]
Countries are in danger of falling far short of the global target of tripling renewable energy by 2030, warns a new report by the renewable energy network REN21, which Table.Briefings was able to obtain in advance and which is being published today. The boom of recent years should not obscure the fact that even more […]
The widespread blackout on the Iberian Peninsula in late April can be attributed to poor planning by the grid operator and an inadequate supply of an appropriate voltage level from conventional power plants, according to a government report. Spain’s Energy Minister Sara Aagesen said at a press conference that the cause of the blackout was […]
China’s dominance in battery technology positions it to take the lead in electric aviation, according to a recent analysis by Carbon Tracker. The country holds a significant technological advantage in this field. Additionally, China is making major efforts to reduce its reliance on oil and gas imports – efforts that are also driving innovation in […]
At the Bonn COP interim conference yesterday, NGOs launched a new campaign calling for a global agreement and binding targets to reduce methane emissions. According to the initiators, reducing emissions is “the fastest and most effective way to reduce the short-term rise in global temperatures”. While there are numerous voluntary government and industry initiatives, global […]
Brazil, Turkey, Mexico, and Egypt – along with South Africa, Namibia, and Uzbekistan – will receive financial support from the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) to decarbonize their industrial sectors. The seven countries were selected from a pool of 26 applicants. They are now expected to develop detailed decarbonization plans in cooperation with investors and will […]
Climate finance will play a decisive role in the upcoming SB62 discussions in Bonn, both in front of and behind the scenes. The Brazilian COP30 presidency is fighting for a roadmap to implement the NCGQ financing target of COP29 in Baku (“Roadmap Baku to Belém”). Studies by consulting agencies, the bank JP Morgan, and climate […]
Climate change has resulted in 30 additional hot days worldwide in the last year, according to the latest attribution research by World Weather Attribution, Climate Central and the Red Cross, available to Climate.Table and published today. Compared to a world without climate change, four billion people have experienced at least 30 additional days of extreme […]
At the end of last week, the EU took a major step towards the development of geological CO₂ storage facilities. Under the Net Zero Industry Act, 44 European oil and gas companies are obliged to provide CO₂ storage capacities of 50 million tons by 2030. This was announced by the European Commission in the form […]
