A global methane emissions reduction target is currently emerging as a potential key outcome of COP28, and COP president-elect Sultan al Jaber has mentioned the issue in numerous speeches over the past few months. Al Jaber, who is also the minister of industry for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and head of the state-owned energy […]
Donald Trump’s re-election must be one of the biggest nightmares of everyone interested in the climate. He would block international climate negotiations again, weaken the EPA and the IRA. But what do the Republican Party and its other candidates stand for? Laurin Meyer explores this question and has unearthed some interesting aspects.The Republicans can witness […]
More than 25 African heads of state and government, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and 20,000 delegates will meet for the first African Climate Summit (Sept. 4-6, Kenya) guided by the theme “Driving Green Growth and Climate Finance Solutions for Africa and the World.” Apart from the restructuring of the international financial system and investments in […]
As shown in a new Oxfam report, climate change will lead to water shortages in many countries in the Global South and thus to food insecurity, more diseases and poverty. The organization studied 20 “climate hotspots” in West Africa, East and Central Africa, the Middle East and Asia and analyzed how the scenario of a […]
According to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, two tropical glaciers in the country could melt entirely before 2026. The two glaciers, at an altitude of 4,700 and 4,900 meters, have melted considerably in recent years. In 2000, they were still 2.4 square kilometers in size. By 2022, they were only 0.23 square kilometers. The […]
These days, we could publish a Climate.Table almost every day exclusively with news about fires, floods and heat waves around the globe. Take Canada, for example. The second-largest country in the world is currently experiencing the worst wildfires in its history. But politicians continue to bicker about small-scale measures rather than devising a stringent strategy, […]
Australia’s energy transition is increasingly stalling. In the first half of 2023, investments in new power plants in the renewable energies sector decreased massively. In Q2, investors pledged a mere 225 million Australian dollars for four new projects with a capacity of 350 megawatts. According to new figures from the Australian Clean Energy Council, an […]
Solar companies in Southeast Asia are circumventing US tariff regulations on Chinese solar panels. This is the result of an investigation by the US Department of Commerce. According to the investigation, five companies in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, either of Chinese origin or with connections to China, are bypassing tariff regulations. Starting from April […]
In the EU Commission’s consultation on the Union’s climate target for 2040, a majority of participants spoke out in favor of more speed in climate action. The highest level of support for greater CO2 reductions was in the transport sector – both aviation and road transport. That’s according to a summary of feedback published by […]
Germany ranks 9th in a ranking of 47 countries on the share of solar power in the energy mix, according to an analysis by solar energy company Enpal. In the period from the beginning of 2022 to April 2023, the share of solar energy in Germany was 10.9 percent.Compared with 38 OECD countries and nine […]