In parliament and government, the tug-of-war over the budget for the year 2025 is currently underway. This might potentially lead to the downfall of the coalition government. However, another equally important budget project has already failed in the country: the CO2 budget calculated by the government’s experts. It denotes the amount of CO2 that Germany […]
Three months after the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28), it is now becoming clear how the ambitious targets for the global expansion of renewable energies are to be realized. Representatives from business, politics, associations and non-governmental organizations have made proposals on how to triple the global capacity of renewables by 2030, as envisaged […]
Two years after the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, a clear shift in German gas imports can be observed: Almost 55 percent of Germany’s natural gas imports came from Russia until 2022 and have now been replaced by other suppliers. Nevertheless, according to a study by the environmental organization Urgewald, Russian gas […]
According to Table.Media information, SPD politician Katrin Zschau will become the new chairwoman of the Bundestag Committee on Climate Action and Energy. The parliamentary groups have agreed to elect the Social Democrat to this position in March.Zschau succeeds the former Left Party politician Klaus Ernst. He left the Left Party to join a newly founded […]
Synthetic fuels are the Holy Grail of decarbonization: Everyone eagerly awaits this miracle substance to heat, drive or fly in a climate-neutral way. But as it goes with the Grail, many obstacles lurk on the way to it. In Germany, the planned production of climate-neutral aviation fuel is currently being hindered by massive cuts in […]
For a long time, the German coal phase-out came under suspicion: Carbon credits from decommissioned coal-fired power plants could potentially be used for emissions elsewhere in Europe. We have investigated how the German government intends to prevent this “waterbed effect.” This week’s Climate.Table looks at Uganda and its ambitious targets as another example of how […]
As the strength of hurricanes continues to increase with global warming, two US researchers have now proposed expanding the scale for assessing hurricanes. A category 6 should be considered beyond the current categories 1 to 5 on the so-called Saffir-Simpson scale, according to a study by Michael Wehner from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and […]
Germany is removing all carbon credits from the market that are no longer being used by power plants after they have been decommissioned following the country’s coal exit. These credits are now temporarily stored in the EU Emissions Trading System’s “Market Stability Reserve” (MSR). According to the German government, however, they will no longer return […]
One of the big issues at the COP was how to mobilize more money – for adaptation, financial aid and investment. And this topic will dominate the next COP. But there is only ever talk of raising money in the short term – and never of a systemic approach, such as introducing a global carbon […]
At Climate.Table, we’re always searching somewhat desperately for good or at least not-so-bad news. For this one, we’re immediately issuing our special report, an alert: The EU’s new climate target of minus 90 percent by 2040. And, yes: The target could and should indeed be much more ambitious, it’s currently only the Commission’s proposal. Concrete […]