When former Lieutenant General and Chief of Defense People Richard Nugee, proposed a report on climate change and the army to the Ministry of Defense in 2020, his proposal was initially rejected. There was no need for it, they said.Today, just four years later, things are different: When important representatives of governments, armed forces and […]
The ocean surface and air temperatures reached record levels in January. At 20.97 degrees Celsius, the oceans were, on average, 0.26 degrees warmer than in January 2016, when the highest temperatures were previously measured at this time of year. This is the result of a recent data analysis by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).Since […]
Last year’s record global temperatures had a severe impact on the Antarctic. In July, when the extent of the sea ice should be particularly large due to the winter, the Antarctic lost an area of ice the size of Algeria compared to average values from 1981-2010. In September, the extent of sea ice reached another […]
The EU hydrogen strategy provides for an ambitious growth plan: The capacities for the production of green hydrogen are to be increased from six gigawatts (GW) planned for this year to 40 GW by 2030. The target by 2050 is 500 GW. However, installed capacities only amounted to around 0.2 GW by the end of […]
At the meeting of EU environment ministers on Monday, the new government in Warsaw expressed its willingness to pursue a more ambitious energy and climate policy. The government is now planning a date for phasing out coal-fired power generation, Deputy Climate Minister Urszula Zielińska told journalists in the morning.“Only with an end date can we […]
On Tuesday, the EU Parliament adopted stricter regulations for reducing emissions of highly climate-impacting fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) by a large majority. The trilogue agreement reached in October envisages a complete phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 2050 and a gradual reduction via an EU consumption quota until then. Sectors in which a switch to alternatives […]