With COP 28 around the corner, the New Climate Institute think tank has published a new study highlighting progress and successes in international climate action. The review states that, against the backdrop of multiple crises, rising geopolitical tensions and increasing disinformation campaigns, it is important not only to point out the gaps where progress has […]
One week before the start of COP28, a new study by the environmental organization Greenpeace gives Germany’s climate policy after the first half of its term a disappointing verdict, characterized above all by “missed targets and setbacks” and “partial successes.” Over 28 pages, the report rates the progress for the climate achieved by Germany’s most […]
COP28 in Dubai will open its doors next week and the international climate negotiations will reach their annual climax. What will the conference achieve? A functioning loss and damage fund? The start of the global fossil fuel phase-out? A deadlock caused by the war in Israel and Gaza?We will be closely following the developments with […]
Mr Perrez, you look back on 13 busy years as one of the leading climate negotiators. When you started after the Copenhagen summit, climate diplomacy was in ruins. Where does it stand today?Franz Perrez: Even though we have taken a significant step forward with the Paris Agreement, we are not yet where we should be. […]
After the transition committee of climate negotiators agreed on a draft structure for the loss and damage fund last weekend, the focus is now shifting to the question of where the money for the fund could come from. A range of instruments could be used to mobilize several hundred billion US dollars a year, ranging […]
Just one year before the next climate conference, it is still uncertain where COP29 will be held – but at least it is now clear where it will not. There will be no new edition of the COP in the United Arab Emirates, according to COP28 organizers. “The UAE has not been asked and has […]
One month before the start of COP28, Germany diplomatically weakened the international High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for serious efforts in climate action. For the second time in a short time, the German government refused to sign an international declaration of the HAC. Among other things, the statement calls for a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, […]
One month before the start of COP28, Germany diplomatically weakened the international High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for serious climate efforts. For the second time within a short time, the German government refused to sign a Ministerial Statement of the HAC. Among other things, the declaration calls for a rapid fossil fuel phase-out, tripling renewables expansion […]
The EU Commission wants planning certainty for the eco-friendly conversion of industry to be a cost-effective response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In their upcoming National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP), the EU countries are to set out their renewables expansion targets for the next ten years instead of the current five. This […]
In the dispute over the details of the loss and damage fund, Germany is pushing to expand the group of potential donors beyond the traditional developed countries. “It is central that all those who can shoulder it also contribute to the loss and damage fund,” Jennifer Morgan, State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate […]