How can the acceptance of climate policy be improved? What technological breakthroughs will there be in the next ten years? And how will the increasingly tense geopolitical situation affect climate policy? At the Climate.Table event “100 Points of View: The Next 10 Years of Climate Policy” last Friday, climate experts took a look into the […]
Two months before the start of COP29 in Baku, at which a new climate financing system is to be adopted, new data highlights the economic impact of the climate crisis on African countries. According to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), countries are already losing between two and five percent of their […]
Even after almost three years of the self-proclaimed “progress coalition” of SPD, Greens and FDP, Germany’s climate policy is still rated as “inadequate” by the Climate Action Tracker (CAT). Some of the latest political measures are rated positively: According to the CAT, the energy transition is progressing relatively well and has recently been accelerated. However, […]
A new UN study warns of rapidly rising sea levels. It reports that small island states, particularly in the Pacific, are at serious risk of sinking as sea levels in these regions are rising much faster than globally. The damage and risks for people, infrastructure and the economy are increasing and food security is jeopardized. […]
China has suspended the approval process for new steel plants. In recent years, China has only permitted the construction of new iron and steel plants if old plants were shut down. The government hoped this would limit overcapacity in the steel sector, but this has not been successful.China produces more steel than every other country […]
Climate action is not having an easy time at the moment. The national budget dispute between the SPD, Green Party and FDP once again impacts Germany’s Climate and Transformation Fund (CTF). Malte Kreutzfeldt has analyzed what long-term cuts could be made.In an interview with Lukas Bayer, Luisa Neubauer criticizes politicians for always considering money in […]
China has approved five new nuclear energy projects with a total investment of around 200 billion yuan (just over 25 billion euros). As reported by the South China Morning Post on Tuesday, the projects approved by the State Council include eleven new nuclear reactors in the coastal provinces of Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong, as […]
China only approved 14 new coal-fired power plants with a capacity of 10.3 gigawatts in the first half of 2024. As a new survey by Greenpeace East Asia shows, 80 percent fewer new coal-fired power plants were approved than in the first half of 2023. In the previous two years, China had approved a combined […]
According to calculations by the US think tank Energy Innovation, a second term of US President Donald Trump could almost completely undo the progress made in US climate policy. If Trump implemented the climate policy elements of “Project 2025,” annual emissions would still amount to 4.92 gigatons of CO2 equivalents in 2030. However, if the […]
The Arab group of countries is calling on developed countries to contribute at least 441 billion US dollars per year from public funds for international climate financing. In total, the developed countries are urged to mobilize 1.1 trillion US dollars annually between 2025 and 2029. This is according to a submission by the Arab group […]
