Mark Carney’s election victory in Canada prevents a further setback for climate policy and means the country will likely stay on its course. After all, a victory for the Conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre would probably have led to rising CO2 emissions. However, Canada is a long way from the 1.5 degree path and Carney faces […]
China’s State Council has approved the construction of ten new nuclear reactors. Ten or more new nuclear reactors had already been approved in each of the last three years. A total of 30 new nuclear power plants are currently under construction in the People’s Republic, as reported by the Bloomberg news agency. China currently has […]
According to the CDRmare research mission, the options for storing CO₂ in the North Sea and Baltic Sea and increasing the natural CO₂ uptake of both seas are “limited to a few methods.” In a study, scientists from the German Marine Research Alliance examined ten different methods for storing CO₂. They analyzed the availability of […]
Climate policy threatens to take a back seat at the spring meeting of the World Bank and IMF (April 21 to 26). Donald Trump’s US tariffs could dominate the high-level meetings of ministers and World Bank officials. Yet the World Bank intends to and should expand its international climate financing. At the last climate conference […]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and OPEC expect oil consumption to grow less strongly due to the US tariffs. The two organizations have adjusted their forecasts for this year. The IEA expects oil consumption growth to be a third weaker than initially forecast. The organization still assumes an increase in daily consumption of 730,000 barrels […]
According to the coalition contract of the new German government, the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats plan to build up to 20 gigawatts of new gas-fired power plants by 2030. In an interview with the German business newspaper Handelsblatt, Friedrich Merz has now specified that these power plants are to be built “quickly using CCS […]
China wants to build new coal-fired power plants until 2027 in order to compensate for fluctuations in renewable energies. This was announced by the National Development and Reform Commission in an action plan published on Monday. According to the plan, the new power plants should be able to be ramped up and down quickly in […]
China wants to build new coal-fired power plants until 2027 in order to compensate for fluctuations in renewable energies. This was announced by the National Development and Reform Commission in an action plan published on Monday. According to the plan, the new power plants should be able to be ramped up and down quickly in […]
Despite its pledge at the 2021 Climate Change Conference (COP26) to largely discontinue such funding, Germany funds more foreign fossil fuel projects than other countries. The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) concluded at that time already allows many loopholes. According to the government talks, the new German government wants to further soften the climate guidelines […]
In 2024, fewer new coal-fired power plants were connected to the grid worldwide than 20 years ago. However, the global power plant fleet grew as more new plants were added than capacity decommissioned. A total of 44 gigawatts (GW) of coal capacity was connected to the grid, while only 25 GW was decommissioned. This is […]
