A successful COP day usually starts at the entrance to the conference site. One’s badge is scanned and there are usually two friendly-looking lines of people waiting for the visitors. The first line hands the ECO magazine to interested COP attendees. The magazine of the Climate Action Network (CAN) is one of the best and […]
Next Monday, Minister Robert Habeck plans to present a standard for the production of green cement at COP29 in Baku. This is the first important result of the Climate Club initiated by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and officially founded at COP28 in Dubai. Discussions on common standards for green steel are also progressing. The International Energy […]
It was the start that host country Azerbaijan had long struggled to achieve: At the start of COP29, the delegations agreed on one aspect of the controversial Article 6.4 of the Paris Climate Agreement. The agreement regulates standards for the evaluation of emission reduction and removal projects from which certificates are offered in an international […]
The EU has prevailed: Climate action measures that impact trade will not be on the agenda at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29). China came to COP29 with the demand to discuss so-called “unilateral trade measures” in the negotiations. The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a particular thorn in Beijing’s […]
The UN Climate Change Conference COP29 starts today in Baku. Rarely in recent years has the look-out for a climate conference been so bad and the challenges so great. The most important topic at this COP: future international climate financing. The states must agree on a new financial target that exceeds the previous mark of […]
Wopke Hoekstra greeted the members of the three committees on Thursday with a broad smile and expansive voice. The mood in the room seemed relaxed right from the start. The environmental, industrial and economic politicians (ENVI, ITRE, ECON) of the EU Parliament did not put any major obstacles in the way of the designated Climate […]
Wopke Hoekstra greeted the members of the three committees on Thursday with a broad smile and expansive voice. The mood in the room seemed relaxed right from the start. The environmental, industrial and economic politicians (ENVI, ITRE, ECON) of the EU Parliament did not put any major obstacles in the way of the designated Climate […]
In the future, pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies will have to make a significant contribution to wastewater treatment in the European Union. The EU countries agreed to rules previously negotiated with negotiators from the EU Parliament, according to which manufacturers will have to bear at least 80 percent of the additional costs for in-depth treatment. Pharmaceuticals […]
The EU’s ambitious targets of putting only zero-emission new cars on the road by 2035 are currently failing due to massive deficits in charging infrastructure, electricity grid capacity and the availability of affordable EVs. According to a study by the think tank Transport & Mobility Leuven (TML), there is a lack of sufficient charging infrastructure, […]
Several civil society organizations are calling on EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists as part of the EU delegation to the UN climate negotiations in Baku. In a joint letter, they criticize Hoekstra’s team for bringing senior executives from Eni and BP as well as the chief lobbyist from Exxonmobil […]