Images from Israel and the Gaza Strip keep the whole world on edge. The war could also mean severe setbacks for climate diplomacy. The geopolitical fronts currently forming in and around Gaza do not bode well for the climate negotiations. Bernhard Pötter explains why.But we also look at all the other current key climate issues: […]
Around two-thirds of all countries do not sufficiently anchor measures against air pollution in their national climate plans (NDCs). This is the conclusion of a report by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA). The association represents more than 100 organizations working on the impacts of climate change on health. GCHA presented the report at […]
This week, Germany pledged around 170 million euros for development cooperation in Senegal. Of this sum, 100 million will go toward a socially just energy transition. Last June, Senegal’s President Macky Sall, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and other international partners launched a so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). According to the […]
Even without additional commitments to transition away from fossil fuels, the global coal industry is expected to cut almost a million jobs by 2050. This is the conclusion of a study by the US think tank Global Energy Monitor (GEM). The majority of job losses are projected to occur in India and China.According to GEM, […]