“If you’re able, like China, to go to the moon on a mission, then you’re also able to pay more in the domain of climate action,” EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra told Bloomberg TV. He said Beijing is now rich enough to contribute to global efforts to provide funding for developing countries to help them […]
The effects of global warming are having a particularly severe impact on the planet’s largest mammals: Every spring and fall, thousands of bowhead, beluga and narwhal whales migrate north and south like other whale species and increasingly have problems with the dwindling ice cover. This is now shown in a new report by the environmental […]
Two months before the COP29 conference in Baku, the host country received poor scores for its climate policy and preparations: A new report by the think tank cooperation Climate Action Tracker (CAT) rates the country’s policies and plans as “critically insufficient.” And the COP29 presidency’s official proposals for the conference outcomes have so far failed […]
According to a newspaper report, major banks want to pledge their support for the expansion of nuclear energy worldwide. According to a report in the Financial Times, 14 global financial groups were to publish their plans on the sidelines of the UN summit in New York to help with the goal of advancing nuclear energy […]
At the highlight of the 79th UN General Assembly (UNGA79), which is taking place this week in New York City, the climate crisis is also an important topic in many negotiations, events and unofficial meetings. Little will be officially decided – but the meeting of heads of state and government will set the course for […]
A report from the UN Human Rights Committee to the 79th UN General Assembly intervenes in the debate on the distribution of “Loss and Damage” funds for climate financing with an extensive definition of “climate justice“. The report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to development in the UN Human Rights Committee proposes four […]
Climate strike! In recent years, it has often been a key political event: Hundreds of thousands of people, especially the youth, took to the streets worldwide to demand more climate action – accompanied and cheered on by large parts of society. Now, Friday is another day of protest for the climate, but the wind has […]
According to a new index, Germany ranks among the international leaders in innovations in sustainability. Of 35 developed countries, Germany ranks third after Denmark and Finland, on par with South Korea and just ahead of the UK. This is the result of the annual “Innovation Indicator,” presented on Wednesday by the Federation of German Industries […]
In light of the current flood disaster in Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland, the Christian Democratic parliamentary group CDU/CSU in the Bundestag has called for the German government to support the federal states and local authorities in flood protection – but has rejected a “joint task” between the federal government and the federal states […]
The extreme rainfall and flooding in Austria, the Czech Republic and Romania have also left their mark on climate policy. The current disaster shows how quickly even highly developed countries are overwhelmed by the consequences of the crisis. It makes it clear how limited the success of adaptation to climate change has been so far. […]