Higher Atlantic temperatures due to climate change intensified all eleven hurricanes this year and 84% of hurricanes between 2019 and 2023, according to a recent study by the US NGO Climate Central. On average, the wind speed of the storms was around 29 km/h faster than without climate change. The storms were also categorized on […]
Financial Times: Water levels are falling. The water level of the Caspian Sea will soon reach a historic low due to climate change. However, experts believe that the sea is unlikely to disappear completely due to the depth of its central and southern basins. To the articleSPIEGEL: No new flood protection law. A new flood […]
The UN Conference on Deserts and Land Policy (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD) brings the series of international conferences on environmental issues to a close at the end of the year. After the meetings on biodiversity, climate, and plastic pollution, COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which runs until Dec. 13, is primarily intended […]
Relief that the climate conference did not fail. Disillusionment and anger at its outcome. The call to reform the process – and the appeal not to let up in climate action efforts. All of this can be found in the reactions to the final documents of COP29. While voices from the industrialized countries often emphasized […]
New Zealand wants to contribute four million New Zealand dollars ($2.35 million) to the establishment of a loss and damage fund on the island state of Vanuatu. This was reported by the New Zealand news portal Newsroom. The deal is due to be signed next week. Vanuatu estimated in 2022 that the island state would need $177 […]
Germany could contribute almost €100 billion a year to climate financing from public funds. This was calculated in a study commissioned by Germanwatch, Klima-Allianz, WWF and Global Citizen. To date, all international climate financing has been in this range, with Germany most recently contributing just over six billion. According to current reports, the EU considers […]
The Biden administration in the USA is considering making a final push for an international agreement to restrict financial support for foreign gas and oil projects at the current OECD negotiations. However, Bloomberg reports that the USA’s negotiating position was not conclusively clarified at the weekend.A proposal by European states to extend the existing ban […]