The US and China plan to revive their bilateral climate cooperation and work together on reducing methane emissions and tripling renewables. This is according to a joint statement published on Wednesday following a meeting between climate envoys John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua.Li Shuo, who will soon become Director of the China Climate Hub at the […]
Climate change harms people in the USA physically, psychologically and financially and often hits those who have contributed the least. This is the result of a report by the US government, prepared for the first time since 2018 and authored by around 750 scientists. “This assessment shows us in clear scientific terms that climate change […]
According to data published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on Wednesday, 2023 will “almost certainly” be the hottest year on record. Data shows that average temperatures in the first ten months were 1.43 degrees above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900). “When we combine our data with the IPCC, then we can say that this is […]
Russia, the United Arab Emirates, the USA and numerous other fossil fuel producers plan to increase production in the coming years and decades. This is the conclusion of the Global Production Gap Report published on Wednesday. The 20 producing countries examined want to increase coal production until 2030 and oil and gas production until at […]
The climate envoys of the USA and China, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, have been preparing for the APEC summit in California (Nov. 11-17), where Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will meet. The release of China’s methane strategy shortly after the Kerry-Xie meeting is seen as a significant signal.The reduction of methane emissions has […]
They are talking to each other again and China is showing goodwill. What may not sound like much could be highly relevant for the upcoming climate conference in Dubai. The climate envoys of the USA and China, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, have spent the last few days preparing for the APEC summit in California […]
Can a country be part of a High Ambition Coalition and repeatedly refuse to support its demands? Germany can. At the pre-COP, the preparatory meeting prior to COP28, the German government did not support a decision by the coalition of climate frontrunners regarding the phase-out of fossil fuels, as Bernhard Pötter reports. At nearly the […]
European countries have already added as many solar systems this year as they did in the entire past year. According to forecasts by the consulting firm Rystad Energy, the expansion will continue in 2023:“Rooftop solar is driving the transformation of Europe’s renewable energy landscape, from a niche market to a powerful force in reshaping the […]
China’s climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, will retire after this year’s climate conference in Dubai (COP28), according to a government official cited by the Reuters news agency. Xie, who turns 74 this month, will be replaced by Liu Zhenmin starting in December. Liu is a former Chinese vice foreign minister and the United Nations undersecretary-general.Xie first […]
Indonesia aims to limit emissions from the power sector to 250 million metric tons of CO2 by 2030 under the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) with Western donors. The share of renewables in power generation is to increase to 44 percent. At first, these targets seem more ambitious than Indonesia’s initial agreement with donors. Originally, […]