According to a new study commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, German gas imports cause far fewer methane emissions per cubic meter of gas imported than those of the EU27 countries. The study shows that imports from the USA, Russia, Algeria, Nigeria and Angola have a much higher methane intensity than imports from Norway, […]
The USA is attempting to hinder reforms to the global financial system and access to climate financing for poorer countries. According to Reuters, this emerges from a draft text for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville in June, which the news agency was able to view.According to the document, the […]
Mark Carney’s election victory in Canada prevents a further setback for climate policy and means the country will likely stay on its course. After all, a victory for the Conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre would probably have led to rising CO2 emissions. However, Canada is a long way from the 1.5 degree path and Carney faces […]
China’s State Council has approved the construction of ten new nuclear reactors. Ten or more new nuclear reactors had already been approved in each of the last three years. A total of 30 new nuclear power plants are currently under construction in the People’s Republic, as reported by the Bloomberg news agency. China currently has […]
According to the CDRmare research mission, the options for storing CO₂ in the North Sea and Baltic Sea and increasing the natural CO₂ uptake of both seas are “limited to a few methods.” In a study, scientists from the German Marine Research Alliance examined ten different methods for storing CO₂. They analyzed the availability of […]
Climate policy threatens to take a back seat at the spring meeting of the World Bank and IMF (April 21 to 26). Donald Trump’s US tariffs could dominate the high-level meetings of ministers and World Bank officials. Yet the World Bank intends to and should expand its international climate financing. At the last climate conference […]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and OPEC expect oil consumption to grow less strongly due to the US tariffs. The two organizations have adjusted their forecasts for this year. The IEA expects oil consumption growth to be a third weaker than initially forecast. The organization still assumes an increase in daily consumption of 730,000 barrels […]
According to the coalition contract of the new German government, the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats plan to build up to 20 gigawatts of new gas-fired power plants by 2030. In an interview with the German business newspaper Handelsblatt, Friedrich Merz has now specified that these power plants are to be built “quickly using CCS […]
China wants to build new coal-fired power plants until 2027 in order to compensate for fluctuations in renewable energies. This was announced by the National Development and Reform Commission in an action plan published on Monday. According to the plan, the new power plants should be able to be ramped up and down quickly in […]
China wants to build new coal-fired power plants until 2027 in order to compensate for fluctuations in renewable energies. This was announced by the National Development and Reform Commission in an action plan published on Monday. According to the plan, the new power plants should be able to be ramped up and down quickly in […]