Europe is currently gripped by heat waves. But beyond the current maximum temperatures, a team of researchers from the Crowther Lab study group at ETH Zurich were interested in how the urban climate in different regions will change in the long term. They analyzed temperature and precipitation data from 520 cities around the world and […]
The UN Green Climate Fund (GCF) has finalized its strategy for 2024-2027. A total of 755.8 million US dollars will be provided for climate action projects in developing countries. At the 36th meeting of the Board of Directors on July 13 at the GCF headquarters in Incheon, South Korea, members approved the plans for the […]
The current heat waves in Europe and North America are bringing record temperatures and much concern – but experts are not surprised. Excessive heat around the Mediterranean, heat records in the US and expected temperature highs in Italy, France, Spain, Poland and Germany fit the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections. The panel […]
When it comes to climate action, they say that everyone must be involved and no one should be overwhelmed. What the German government has experienced in recent weeks with the dispute over the heating act within its own country is also the guiding principle for the climate policy part of the China strategy, which we […]
At first glance, the trend looks like the one we know from the other end of the world: The extent of sea ice off Antarctica is at an all-time low as winter begins there. So far, 2.1 million square kilometers less seawater has frozen than the long-term average since satellite measurements began in 1979: An […]
The climate action agreement reached by the UN Maritime Organization (IMO) late last week is the most impactful agreement in international climate action in a long time. It has the potential to bring emissions from maritime shipping in line with the two-degree limit and influence the recently stalled diplomatic efforts in the run-up to COP28 […]
According to Oxfam’s calculations, funding from the German federal budget for international climate action could be around 500 million euros short. This is according to an initial analysis prepared by Oxfam financial expert Jan Kowalzig based on the draft federal budget for 2024. The cabinet approved the budget on Wednesday, and will now be submitted […]
The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) now officially expects the first stronger El Niño event for the Pacific in seven years. The agency warns of “disruptive weather and climate patterns” and sharply rising global temperatures. As a result, there is a two-thirds probability that the limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius could also be exceeded temporarily […]
Despite the strong growth of renewable energies and their dominance in the expansion of energy capacities, global CO2 emissions from the energy sector have increased further. In 2022, they were 0.8 percent above last year’s level. This corresponds to a new high of 39.3 billion tons.The numbers emerged from the recently published 72nd Statistical Review […]
Sometimes there is good news even in climate reporting – and entirely unexpected, they pile up in this issue: For instance, in the last six months as EU Council Presidency, Sweden has refuted fears that the new right-wing government would block any progress on energy, climate and the Green Deal, writes our colleague Magnus Nilsson […]