The EU wants to link climate change and security more closely in its future foreign policy strategy. To this end, it announced an action plan comprising around 30 measures on Wednesday. After all, the consequences of climate change, such as the loss of livelihoods due to droughts or floods, growing migration patterns, health risks or […]
Combating climate change and its effects with gigantic mirrors that deflect sunlight back into the atmosphere, or injections of aerosols into the stratosphere that reduce the transmission of sunlight: what sounds like science fiction at the moment could one day become reality. Research into such methods has been going on for a long time. However, […]
The EU is capable of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 95 percent by 2040 – compared to 1990 levels. This is according to a report by the Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, which was appointed in the wake of the European Climate Law. This Thursday, the panel’s 15 researchers publish their […]
The EU is capable of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 95 percent by 2040 – compared to 1990 levels. This is according to a report by the Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, which was appointed in the wake of the European Climate Law. This Thursday, the panel’s 15 researchers publish their […]
The EU Commission launched a consultation on the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on Tuesday. The draft implementing regulation details reporting obligations and information that importers of products affected by the CBAM must provide during the transition period. This will start on Oct. 1, 2023, and run until the end of 2025, […]
The European Union has committed in principle to the same course as the COP presidency from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other oil states on a controversial issue at the next COP28: To use the controversial CCS technology as a loophole in the phase-out of fossil fuels. The EU now seeks a decision at […]
The expectations for the next world climate conference are tremendous. This is not least evident at the interim negotiations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change currently underway in Bonn (SB58). Here, preparations are being made for COP28, which will take place in Dubai in late November. But so far, it is not entirely […]
The expectations for the next world climate conference are tremendous. This is not least evident at the interim negotiations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change currently underway in Bonn (SB58). Here, preparations are being made for COP28, which will take place in Dubai in late November. But so far, it is not entirely […]
When it comes to the question of where COP29 will be held in 2024, the deciding countries are currently deadlocked. Due to the confrontation between Russia and the EU, it is currently unclear who and if a country from Eastern Europe will be the next host after the UAE. The decision is actually supposed to […]
So far, the war in Ukraine has largely been left out of international climate negotiations. Russia traditionally keeps a low profile at all UN summits, and Ukraine, as a comparatively small player, does not play a major role. On Monday at the Interim Climate Change Conference (SB58) in Bonn, however, the conflict did come out […]