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Nico Beckert Published: February 8th, 2024

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Three climate scientists walk into a bar … taking the climate crisis with humor? As Germany is getting ready for Carnival celebrations, we are taking an unusual angle this time. In today’s opinion piece, Eckart von Hirschhausen explains why humor can be a path to insight and reveal paradoxes and contradictions in climate policy. And […]

Nico Beckert Published: February 8th, 2024

Study: Debt crisis harms countries with high climate potential

According to a study by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, 95 emerging and developing countries have serious problems financing investments in environmental and climate action. 91 of these countries have high environmental investment needs or significant potential for nature conservation.The study examined 108 developing and emerging countries. The result:Countries heavily indebted to development […]

Nico Beckert Published: February 7th, 2024

China’s emissions trading criticized despite tightened rules

New rules aim to stabilize China’s carbon emissions trading. Companies and consulting firms have so far gotten away lightly with falsified data and emission reports because fraud was more lucrative than acquiring carbon credits. Now, penalties for rule violations have been drastically increased – from approximately 4,000 euros to at least 65,000 euros to 260,000 […]

Nico Beckert Published: February 7th, 2024

China’s emissions trading criticized despite tightened rules

China’s carbon trading system has been marked by repeated cases of fraud. Companies and consulting firms have forged emissions data and reports. The authorities have not sufficiently verified the reports and conditions at participating power plants. The penalties for falsification have so far been so low that fraud has been more lucrative than compliance and […]

Nico Beckert Published: February 1st, 2024

Editorial

Trump’s potential next term in office has climate activists worried, at the very least. Trump could increase fossil fuel subsidies, reverse some IRA investments and weaken US agencies in an effort to undermine climate action. Umair Irfan has examined the erratic ex-president’s master plan for climate policy and the factors that speak against his absolute […]

Nico Beckert Published: February 1st, 2024

Environmental organizations demand reform of German debt brake

Environmental and climate organizations and the trade union IGBCE call on the German government to reform the debt brake, set up a special climate action fund and “strengthen the revenue side.” According to Germanwatch, the WWF, the Deutscher Naturschutzring (DNR) and the trade union for mining, chemicals and energy (IGBCE), these proposals must be “examined […]

Nico Beckert Published: February 1st, 2024

Study: Emissions of new cars higher than official EU test values

Despite stricter EU regulations, a new study shows that the discrepancy between car manufacturers’ CO2 emissions specifications and actual values is growing. Between 2018 and 2022, the difference increased from 8 to 14 percent. This is the result of a study by the research organization International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), exclusively available to Table.Media.The […]

Nico Beckert Published: January 25th, 2024

Climate in figures: Renewables on the verge of a huge boom

The rapid expansion of renewables will continue over the next few years. According to new forecasts by the International Energy Agency (IEA), many countries will install more than twice as much renewable energy in the next six years as in the last six years. The growth forecasts for China are particularly impressive: the People’s Republic […]

Nico Beckert Published: January 24th, 2024

Slow grid expansion threatens COP28 climate targets

One of the biggest successes at COP28 – the decision to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 – is being jeopardized by the slow expansion of power grids. Now, Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), warns in an interview with Table.Media: “Without addressing the urgent infrastructure needs, the world will […]

Nico Beckert Published: January 18th, 2024

Report: Climate crisis causes health costs in the trillions

Analysts from the consulting firm Oliver Wyman have examined the effects of the climate crisis on human health based on six categories: Floods, droughts, heatwaves, tropical storms, forest fires and sea level rise. The report is based on current climate scenarios assuming a warming of 2.5 to 2.9 degrees. The report was published by the […]