January 2025 was the warmest January globally since records began – even though the beginning La Niña phase actually brings a cooling effect. This is according to the latest data from the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation program. The Copernicus update shows an average Earth surface temperature of 13.23 degrees Celsius. This is 0.79 degrees above […]
The hearing on the lawsuit filed by the Peruvian mountain guide and farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya against the power company RWE will continue on March 17 and 19 before the Higher Regional Court of Hamm. As the court announced in a statement, the two appointed experts – a geoscientist and structural engineer as well as […]
Whether climate policy works depends crucially on the right mix of selected instruments – a lot does not automatically help a lot. This was a key finding of a study published in the journal Science last year. The researchers have now prepared their data and made it available online so that data journalists and other […]
65% of all people living in their own homes in Germany could have a solar energy system by 2029. That is almost double the current figure of 36 percent. This is the result of a representative survey of more than 4,000 homeowners conducted by the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research on behalf of the […]
Climate activist Lisa Poettinger is not allowed to start her traineeship at a Bavarian school – apparently because of her activism. As reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), the responsible Ministry of Culture has refused Poettinger admission to the preparatory service for teaching at grammar schools despite successfully completing her state examination. Poettinger announced on […]
According to the German Environment Agency (UBA), agriculture was responsible for 8.9 percent of total German greenhouse gas emissions in 2023. Around 5.3 percent of total emissions are attributable to livestock farming. Germany’s ten biggest meat and dairy companies each contribute a significant share: Combined, they generated as many emissions in 2022 as 61 percent […]
The global economy could shrink by half between 2070 and 2090 “unless immediate political action is taken to address the risks posed by the climate crisis.” This is the conclusion of the new report “Planetary Solvency,” produced by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in collaboration with Exeter University. For the report, a framework for […]
A major hydrogen project planned in northern Chile could have a serious and irreversible impact on astronomical research there, warns the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It writes in a press release: The project would threaten “the pristine skies above the Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of all astronomical observatories in […]
In their open letter, the initiators of the Climate Journalism Network write that the federal election campaign that has just begun is “about much more than percentages and mandates”. Far beyond the coming legislative period, “decisive action is needed at all political levels to achieve climate neutrality and protect our livelihoods“. The climate must therefore […]
Are only the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement decisive for the climate policy actions of states, or must states also comply with broader guidelines such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights or the UN Charter? This was the central conflict between major emitters and developing countries […]