Two weeks before the start of COP29, three new UN reports show how far the world is from its climate targets and that a key trend has not yet been broken: Instead of decreasing, greenhouse gas emissions reached a new high in 2023 as well; therefore, the concentration of CO2, methane and other drivers of […]
Over the past 20 years, mining has increased by more than 50 percent worldwide. As the search for coal, gold and other materials mainly occurs in forest areas, forests around the world are suffering as a result. In an initial overview, the World Resource Institute (WRI) revealed that mining activities destroyed 1.4 million hectares of […]
Three weeks before the start of COP29, the Azerbaijani Presidency published the texts that it will promote as its own initiatives alongside the binding resolutions of the conference. The nine declarations and commitments to be adopted during the conference are non-binding, but should be signed by as many states and other stakeholders as possible.The aim […]
According to a new study, Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company SOCAR is closely intertwined with the country’s government and focuses heavily on the continued expansion of fossil fuels. In 2023, the company produced 174 million barrels of oil and gas products, invested 300 million US dollars in the exploration of new reserves from 2022 […]
The COP has begun! Well, the other one, to be preicse: the UN Conference on Biodiversity in Cali. The world’s attention is focused on the dangerous loss of global biodiversity. Today, however, we turn our gaze to the host of the meeting: Colombia is an important ally for Germany in climate policy. Alexandra Endres describes […]
Forests and agriculture in Germany will probably contribute significantly less to climate action in the coming decades than expected. The carbon sink capacity of the land use sector (LULUCF) has decreased considerably in recent years and practically disappeared. Experts expect the sector to emit more greenhouse gasses than it stores in the coming years up […]
Excellent news, my dear readers! Our Good News of the Day comes from the UK: The last coal-fired power plant there will close on Oct. 1. The rapid expansion of renewables, climate targets and reliable policies have banished the most CO2-intensive energy source to the history books in the motherland of the industrial revolution. And, […]
In an open letter to US President Joe Biden and his Energy Secretary Janet Granholm, more than 100 members of parliament from around 30 states have warned against further expansion of the LNG infrastructure in the US. They support the Biden administration in maintaining the temporary halt to further LNG terminals that was imposed in […]
The austerity measures of the coalition government are jeopardizing the international aid for the climate crisis that Germany has pledged. According to the government, Germany has achieved the promised sums for global climate financing in recent years – but even within the government, there are doubts as to whether these pledges will also apply to […]
Today we are mainly looking to the (south) east: On Sunday, Austria will elect a new parliament, and we are taking stock of the climate achievements of the outgoing government. Tenor: In their first time in government, the Green Party has implemented some things that Germany can only dream of – climate money, cutting transport […]