The debate on one of the hottest issues in international climate finance, the new loss and damage fund, is set for a showdown in October. Even at the third meeting of the Transitional Committee last week in the Dominican Republic, the various concepts for the new financial instrument were still far apart. In order to […]
The German government has set out key points of a strategy for dealing with long-term “negative emissions” in Germany. In an exchange with science, business and civil society, the aim is to clarify how Germany plans to regulate the permanent removal of CO2 from the atmosphere.The draft of a “Long-term Negative Emissions Strategy for Dealing […]
The state-run German Energy Agency (Dena) proposed new principles, rules, definitions and legislative changes for handling CO2 capture and storage or utilization (CCS/CCU) technologies in Germany. CCS/CCU should “make an important contribution to a climate-neutral Germany,” but the “top priority must be to reduce emissions,” according to a proposal paper from Dena. The concept was […]
As part of the international debate on a phase-out of fossil fuels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington presented new figures on government subsidies for fossil fuels. In 2022, direct and indirect subsidies from taxpayers’ money for oil, coal and gas amounted to a total of seven trillion US dollars worldwide, or 7.1 percent […]
The German government announced today that Germany has fulfilled its 2025 pledge to finance international climate action as early as 2022. According to the responsible Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) on Tuesday, Germany invested 6.386 billion euros in global climate action projects last year. This significantly increases the German sum of 5.3 billion […]
The COP28 presidency in Dubai has published the schedule for the climate conference, which will be held from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), as host of the conference, has coordinated with UN countries, NGOs and other groups on the thematic focus of each day.
Although climate action is on the official agenda at the current meeting of the BRICS countries in South Africa, it is overshadowed by other current issues. Global warming has reached a new record this year and is not stopping at BRICS countries. China and India have been hit by heat waves and heavy rain, wildfires […]
Following two audit reports on the impact of German climate policy, a debate has begun as to whether the German Federal Climate Change Act (KSG) and the resulting Climate Protection Plan (CSP) are compatible with the German constitution. Following the report by the Council of Experts on Climate Change and the 2023 forecast report from […]
What does a Foreign Minister do when she returns home unplanned and early from a business trip? Simply take a vacation? Annalena Baerbock certainly didn’t do that when she returned to Germany last week after her aborted trip to Oceania. Instead, two days later at Table.Media, she clarified in a long conversation what her priorities […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) is calling for new strategic partnerships with developing countries following her unsuccessful trip to Oceania. “We need new climate alliances. Between the industrialized countries and those heavily affected by the climate crisis,” said the minister in an interview with Table.Media (read the full interview here). The success of the […]