“Climate change is not letting up“. This is the conclusion of the German Weather Service (DWD) regarding the winter of 2022/23, which ended meteorologically at the end of February. The supposedly cold season was this time 2.7 degrees Celsius above the average of the years 1961-1990. For the twelfth consecutive time, the winter was thus […]
In his combative State of the Union address to the US Congress in early February, President Joe Biden praised his Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – and promised that opposing Republicans would also benefit. “And to my Republican friends who voted against it but still ask to fund projects in their districts,” Biden said, “don’t worry! […]
The US government calls the law the “largest investment in energy and climate in American history“. For the Economist magazine, it is an “epoch-making political gamble” for the US and the “most ambitious and dirigiste industrial policy for many decades”, Together with the “Infrastructure Bill” (1.2 trillion dollars investment in roads, bridges and airports) and […]
Ms Henneberger, members of the German Bundestag have no right to strike. Will you nevertheless be on the streets on Friday?Yes, it is session week and I will try to be at the march. I hope the parliamentary business will allow it.What has changed for you as a climate activist since you joined the Bundestag?I […]
For a year now, the world has been a different place: The Russian army’s brutal invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, not only plunged that country and its people into hardship and suffering. It also damaged structures and trust that are central to climate policy, for example. On the anniversary of this turning point, […]
Many development and climate politicians have long-awaited this opportunity: Last week, World Bank Group President David Malpass announced that he will step down from his post at the end of June – one year before the end of his five-year term. Ever since there has been more than just speculation about possible successors at the […]
Mr. Gustafson, how has the Russian assault on Ukraine changed global energy and climate policy?The attack is a turning point. It dramatically accelerates the change in Russian climate and energy policy that is coming anyway – with far-reaching implications beyond the country.What change do you mean specifically? In my book “Klimat: Russia in the Age […]
It is the main benchmark for everything climate action: Will a particular decision or measure help lower carbon emissions? And can it be proven? Yes, says Germany’s Green Climate Minister Robert Habeck, at least when it comes to the coal phase-out. Because he wants to retire all emission allowances that will be freed up as […]
Oil and gas companies are currently focusing more and more on the expansion of fossil reserves and are abandoning their original plans for more climate protection. In view of record profits caused by the international energy crisis in the wake of the Ukraine war, industry and politicians are reconsidering their previous plans to leave oil […]
The emission allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) that will be freed up by the planned coal phase-out are to be removed entirely from the market, according to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). This is what a ministry spokesperson told Table.Media. Only with this approach would the […]