Germany currently has around 100 gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity installed, which is set to more than double to 215 GW over the next five years according to the expansion targets of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). In 2024, the expansion of solar energy was well above the expansion path, so the target seems […]
Financial Times: Looming energy crisis. Companies warn that Donald Trump’s curbs on renewable energy could lead the US into an energy crisis, drive up consumer prices and give China a competitive edge in the global AI race. To the articleClimate Home News: Geoengineering halted. The US research organization Arctic Ice Project (AIP) has ceased operations […]
The demandThe rising carbon price is burdening people’s pockets. The price is expected to rise further in the coming years. A direct cash payout in the form of a “climate bonus” could be an instrument to ease the burden on private households.In its coalition agreement, the outgoing German government had already promised to develop a […]
Following the planned withdrawal of the USA from the Paris Climate Agreement, billionaire and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ensure that the USA still meets its financial obligations in international climate policy. Among other things, he wants to close the funding gap in the UNFCCC climate secretariat. His Bloomberg Philanthropies foundation and […]
The number of premature deaths caused by cold and heat could increase by up to 50 percent in Europe if temperatures rise by 4.4 degrees by the end of the century (SSP3-7.0) and without adaptation measures. This is the conclusion of a study published on Monday in the journal “Nature Medicine”. For this study, researchers […]
Zeit: Climate action for the working class. The importance of climate protection is primarily anchored among the wealthier in Germany. Measures such as free public transportation, green jobs, and the taxation of energy companies are necessary so that workers also see climate action as a benefit. The latter to satisfy people’s sense of justice. To […]
While many are still in shock over Donald Trump’s announced climate policy reversals, the US climate community has not been idle in recent weeks and months: We explain how researchers and federal states plan to resist the new president. In Germany, too, setbacks are on the horizon: As part of our fact check series on […]
More than 40 percent of the corals around an island in the Great Barrier Reef died last year in the largest coral bleaching event in the region to date. This is the conclusion of a recent study.Researchers have monitored 462 coral colonies around One Tree Island in the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef. […]