No country currently emits as much greenhouse gases per year as China, the world’s second-largest economy. Global climate action can only succeed with China. But China is using the climate and energy transition to serve its own interests. And in certain areas, it is now the more powerful partner. This is one of the conclusions […]
Mr. Dasgupta, the World Bank is supposed to provide more money for climate action and adaptation – that was the key topic of last week’s Spring Meeting. What has the meeting achieved?The World Bank should definitely be a leader in bringing climate and development together. For many, it is not happening fast enough, including us […]
Starting July 1, all new World Bank projects will be aligned to the Paris Climate Agreement. Axel van Trotsenburg, Senior Managing Director of Development Policy & Partnerships at the World Bank, tweeted this a few days ago regarding the upcoming spring meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund: “The climate is changing, […]
At least 700 people have died, hundreds are still missing, and hundreds of thousands have lost their homes: That is the toll of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which swept across Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and other countries in Southeast Africa until the middle of March.Climate scientists believe that global warming will increase the likelihood and destructive power […]
Mr. Garschagen, the UN Water Conference in New York will also discuss how to improve global cooperation in order to ensure that as many people as possible have access to water. What are the chances of this happening?We can only solve the water crisis together. There is no other way. But I worry more that […]
Ms Jacob, every IPCC report includes a summary of the most important findings, specially compiled for policymakers. How many politicians actually read and understand these texts?I believe that the Synthesis Report is widely read and understood. I am always surprised how interest in the IPCC reports has increased in recent years, and I see a […]
The British think tank E3G has published new data showing that the global coal phase-out is already well underway. The number of planned coal-fired plants is at an all-time low, according to the E3G analysts. In the second half of 2022, the volume of new projects in all major regions has fallen or at least […]
Gender issues are often barely mentioned in the climate plans (NDCs) submitted to the UN. This is shown by the Gender Climate Tracker of the New York Women’s Environment & Development Organization (WEDO). The number of countries that mention women’s rights or gender in their NDCs has increased slightly in recent years. But there are […]
The German foreign climate policy strategy, led by the Federal Foreign Office, is not yet finished. It could be presented in late March. However, one thing is already clear: It will be embedded in the guidelines for a feminist foreign policy that Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock presented to the public last week – together with […]
The feminist foreign and development policy presented by the German Foreign Office and the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is also supposed to change Germany’s foreign climate policy. This is according to the documents published by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Development Minister Svenja Schulze on Wednesday.Feminist policy is supposed to be more […]