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 […]
In the maelstrom of bad climate news, there are occasional glimmers of hope: Global per capita emissions have not increased since 2010, according to an analysis by the World Resources Institute. In fact, in many countries with the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, per capita emissions have actually decreased significantly since 1990, for example, in […]
On Tuesday, a broad majority of the European Parliament voted in favor of the compromise on the Methane Regulation negotiated by Jutta Paulus (Greens). After the summer break, the Parliament will enter the trilogue with the EU Commission and the Council of Ministers to agree on the regulation’s content. According to Paulus, the compromise text […]
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 […]
The next big class meeting of the climate scene, the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, ended yesterday. The summit of the 40 most important climate states revealed some of the lines of conflict for the next COP in Dubai: carbon capture and storage vs. the ending of fossil fuels and the perennial issue of climate financing. In […]
French oil company Total Energies has sued the environmental organization Greenpeace France and the climate consultancy Factor-X over a report in a Paris court. Total announced the move on Wednesday. The report claims that the company massively underestimated its greenhouse gas emissions for 2019.Total claims that the November report contains “false and misleading information”. With […]
Alpine glaciers recorded an average ice loss of 3.5 meters in 2022 – a new record. This is according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The record ice loss was caused by low snowfall in the winter of 2022 and a warmer-than-average summer. In many regions, there were 20 fewer snow days below […]
German state secretaries are usually not too much in the spotlight. For Patrick Graichen, it is a different story: The high-ranking official in the German Ministry of Economics now faces allegations of cronyism and calls for his resignation. The designated candidate for chair of the German Energy Agency (Dena) board, Michael Schäfer, is Graichen’s best […]
According to a report by Israel’s Environment Ministry, the country could miss its 2030 climate targets. The annual report measures the progress in reducing emissions and in specific sectors, as reported by the Times of Israel:In any case, the report says Israel has set itself less ambitious goals than other developed countries. Gil Proaktor, head […]
Institutional investors currently hold just over three trillion US dollars in fossil fuel companies – even though many of them have committed to the goal of bringing global greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. This is according to a new analysis by a number of NGOs. Among them is the human rights and […]