It is perhaps the most interesting question at the UN negotiations this year: Where will the money for international climate action, the global energy transition, adaptation and compensation for loss and damage come from? UN member states say that public funds are very tight. However, it is often not really clear how much the same […]
According to its two co-chairs, the “climate club” for the decarbonization of industry should also serve to strengthen trust between developed and emerging countries in climate negotiations. “We see an urgent need to improve communication and cooperation between developed and developing countries,” Julio Cordano, Director of Climate Policy at the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]
The German coalition government is in a tight spot when it comes to financing international climate action: On the one hand, the national budget for 2025 is 25 to 30 billion euros short. On the other hand, it wants to support international climate action. It has also publicly and repeatedly pledged to spend at least […]
The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) science platform cautions that insufficient targets in the upcoming national climate plans (NDCs) endanger the goal of maintaining the 1.5-degree limit. Governments must “switch to emergency mode and increase their ambition for 2030 targets and current policy implementation,” it was stated on Monday during the presentation of a new CAT […]
According to environmental organization Greenpeace, a “solar Marshall Plan” should swiftly and affordably rebuild Ukraine’s beleaguered energy infrastructure in a climate-friendly manner. At the reconstruction conference on June 11-12 in Berlin, Greenpeace will present a study revealing substantial potential for solar energy in Ukraine. However, it also identifies obstacles in terms of grid expansion, Ukrainian […]
Water levels in the German city of Bonn on the Rhine are not the only thing rising right now. Many eyebrows were raised when Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder commented on the flood disaster in his state by saying that “nobody could have expected this.” This left climate experts from all over the world feeling a […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again sharpened his criticism of the fossil fuel industry and called for a ban on fossil fuel company advertising. “I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies,” Guterres said in a speech on June 5, International Environment Day. After all, governments already ban advertising for products […]
There are moments when everything happens at once in climate policy: While southern Germany is sinking in extreme rain these days, people are dying and cities are flooding, the climate interim conference SB60 is starting in Bonn. Inside, progress is fought for millimeter by millimeter, while outside, the Rhine swells decimeters higher than usual. In […]
With a slight delay and a minor diplomatic incident between Germany and Russia, the June negotiations of the technical UN climate bodies (SB60) started in Bonn on Monday. The Russian delegation unexpectedly blocked the adoption of the agenda, evoking memories of last year when the Bonn conference operated without an agenda until the last minute […]
For us, what we write about is crucial – but sometimes, what we choose not to write about is equally important. Recently, we debated in our editorial team whether to cover the CDU/CSU’s proposal to reverse the EU’s decision to phase out internal combustion engines by 2035. Our decision: no. This proposal conveniently surfaces just […]