The global expansion of renewable energies is not yet going fast enough to replace coal, oil and gas from the electricity mix in time to achieve global climate targets. This is the conclusion of the “Renewable Energy Tracker” published today by the NGO network CAN International. It states that the developed countries must achieve 100 […]
The “foreseeable exceeding” of 1.5 degrees of global warming “should be communicated openly”. The German Climate Consortium (DKK) argues for this in a position paper, which is exclusively available to Table.Briefings. Such communication is important, as the “design of climate adaptation should be based on currently plausible temperature scenarios and prepare for them”. The DKK […]
One month before the next climate conference in Baku (COP29), one of the most controversial climate technologies is gaining new momentum: the capture and storage of CO2 (CCS). The UK wants to promote CCS projects with subsidies of almost 22 billion pounds. Norway has put a new CO2 storage facility into operation with the Northern […]
The price increase for the Deutschlandticket could almost halve the climate benefit. This is the conclusion of a new scientific evaluation by scientists from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC Berlin) as part of the Ariadne project. According to the scientists, the Deutschlandticket reduced CO2 emissions from the transport sector […]
Norway has taken a major step towards storing CO2 off its coast. The “Northern Lights” joint venture has completed both the offshore infrastructure for storing CO2 in the seabed and the onshore infrastructure for transferring liquefied CO2 from ships into a pipeline. From 2025, the first CO2 deliveries from European industry can be stored around […]
In a new study, the Boston Consulting Group warns that the hydrogen economy in Europe is expanding too slowly. The USA and China are threatening to leave Europe behind, as the Handelsblatt reports. The BCG criticizes:EU Commission wants to reduce dependency on ChinaHowever, the EU Commission recently announced measures to protect the European hydrogen industry. […]
Three years after the launch of the Global Methane Pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030, emissions of the dangerous greenhouse gas in the energy sector are still at almost record levels. At a high-level summit on Sept. 24, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the host of the next climate conference, […]
The German transport sector will face driving bans and car decommissioning in the 2030s if the government continues to fail to reduce emissions in the sector. This is the conclusion of a new study commissioned by Greenpeace and Germanwatch that is available to Table.Briefings in advance. The study states that the later the German government […]
Ten months after the COP28 decision to transition away from fossil fuels, important countries continue to prioritize coal – and global consumption is on the rise. India recently announced plans to invest 7.2 billion euros in new coal-fired power plants over the next few years. At least 4.7 gigawatts of new capacity will be built […]
Public acceptance of CO2 pricing increases as soon as there is “some form of revenue redistribution”. This is the result of a study recently published by the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC). The authors analyzed 35 studies with 70 surveys on carbon pricing and revenue redistribution. The result: “CO2 pricing […]