The Bonn climate conference SB58 will also discuss a global renewable expansion target and a cutback on fossil fuel use. Negotiations on reducing fossil fuels are especially tough, with wide-ranging opposing interests. The practical implementation in each country will be even more difficult. At present, the energy transition is moving in the right direction, but […]
The seventh Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) – access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 – may be missed. That is according to a recent report by the World Bank, IRENA, the IEA and other organizations. It says 660 million people will still be without access to electricity and 1.9 billion […]
The COP interim conference in Bonn, beginning on 5 June, will include a global stocktake on the progress of international climate policy. Emission data plays a central role here. However, data collection is not easy. Many developing countries have made little progress in data collection in recent years. And even China, the world’s largest CO2 […]
The COP interim conference in Bonn, beginning on 5 June, will include a global stocktake on the progress of international climate policy. Emission data plays a central role here. However, data collection is not easy. Many developing countries have made little progress in data collection in recent years. And even China, the world’s largest CO2 […]
Climate change is having a massive impact on the Hindu Kush-Himalaya water system and endangering the water and energy supply of 16 Asian countries, according to a new analysis by the think tank China Water Risk (CWR). The advancing climate change is threatening the water levels of major rivers such as the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, […]
The images from the flooded Emilia-Romagna region in Italy look all too familiar: Flooded cities and regions, faces frozen in shock, politicians in rubber boots. Flooding caused by heavy rain, but also by rising sea levels, is one of the most visible consequences of climate change.1.8 billion people, almost a quarter of the world’s population, […]
The G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, over the weekend, revealed a threat that has hardly made the headlines so far: The debt crisis in many developing and emerging countries also jeopardizes the plans for a global energy transition. Addressing the climate crisis and debt vulnerability “are interrelated and mutually reinforcing,” the summit’s final document states.The […]
Can elections be won with ambitious climate action? What costs and what pace can the general population be expected to shoulder? With the accelerating climate crisis, these questions are becoming increasingly important.The elections in Turkey are also climate elections. The country’s emissions are rising rapidly and are now higher than those of France or the […]
Many oil and gas countries dream of continuing the use of fossil fuels and capturing and storing the resulting CO2 or using it for industrial purposes. Japan, the host of the G7 summit starting on May 19, is also relying on carbon capture (utilization) and storage (CCUS) – including in the energy sector and not […]
The defense and technology group Rheinmetall has won a 770 million euro contract for the production of heat pump compressors. The company is thus investing in an important new business field and could simultaneously reduce the dependence of the European heat pump industry on international supply chains. The company has already been awarded the contract […]