The election campaign in Germany is gaining momentum, and with it are the energy and climate policy debates. As part of our fact check series, today we look at the call to keep coal-fired power plants on the grid for longer if gas-fired power plants cannot be built quickly enough to replace them. Spoiler: As […]
While the devastating fires in Los Angeles continue to rage and six million people are still living in “particularly dangerous situations” on Wednesday, a quick look at the past shows how frequent catastrophic wildfires have become in recent years. Over the last five years, large wildfires have destroyed forests, cities and infrastructure almost every year, […]
The devastating forest fires in Los Angeles have not only killed many people and devastated the infrastructure of the urban landscape. The fires are also turning into one of the costliest natural disasters in US history. They raise the question of whether the risks of the climate crisis can still be covered by insurance, even […]
In less than two weeks, Donald Trump will again be sworn in as US President. Many climate activists anticipate the next four years with barely contained horror. Our colleague Umair Irfan from Washington has dug deeper for us and written down in detail what we can expect from the men who will shape climate, environmental […]
The demandAccording to the Climate Change Act (KSG), the legal date for a net zero Germany is 2045. According to the views of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), this date should be pushed back. In its election manifesto, the party wants to postpone it to match the EU target of 2050. There have also been […]
We wish you a happy and successful new year. Considering the climate crisis, however, this is not so easy. After all, the past year 2024 did not offer much reason to celebrate: global warming exceeded the 1.5-degree threshold, emissions were higher than ever, the UN climate system found itself under even greater pressure and the […]
2025 will (once again) be a crucial year for global climate policy. Following the new all-time CO2 emission peaks from the energy industry, record temperatures and rising damage from extreme weather events in 2024, these causes and consequences of the global climate crisis will increasingly shape the coming year. 2024 was the warmest year ever […]
We’ve almost made it! The year is ending, as is the current German government, and today we’re bringing you the last Climate.Table for 2024. What a year it has been – extreme weather with record heatwaves and wildfires, extreme election results like in the US, record renewables expansion, low points in climate diplomacy in Baku […]
How much taxpayers’ money and private investment flows into the energy transition and climate action: That was the big question in 2024. What is also interesting here is the development of private donations from foundations and private individuals. In its fifth report, “Climate change mitigation philanthropy,” the think tank Climateworks lists these financial flows: A […]
The Agora Energiewende think tank is entering the hot phase of the German parliamentary election campaign, in which energy and climate issues will also be important, without two of its previous managers: Agora Energiewende’s Germany Director, Simon Müller, is leaving the think tank on Jan. 15, 2025. The think tank’s long-standing EU expert, Matthias Buck, […]