Climate change contributes massively to humanitarian crises. Many disasters which particularly affect the Global South will intensify in the coming year. This is according to a new study by the NGO International Rescue Committee (IRC):Prolonged droughts have caused catastrophic famines in Somalia, Afghanistan and Ethiopia. Hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk. Many people […]
The USA has achieved a milestone in nuclear fusion research. Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully achieved nuclear fusion with an energy surplus for the first time with the help of lasers. More energy was generated than was used for nuclear fusion.However, practical applications that could also contribute to climate mitigation are still a […]
In its annual report, the German Court of Auditors also criticizes a climate protection measure of the German government. Over nine years, a good 88 million euros had flowed into the forest climate fund. But the projects funded from it had “hardly visibly improved forests and the climate,” the Court criticized. Because measurable operational goals […]
The G7 countries have offered Vietnam a new 15 billion dollar deal for a faster coal phase-out. This was reported by Reuters citing three people familiar with the negotiations. The funding is to flow as part of a “Just Energy Transition Partnership” (Climate.Table reported). At COP27, the talks between the Western countries and Vietnam had […]
According to a new short study by the think tank New Climate Institute, Germany’s LNG import terminal plans are “massively oversized”. Three floating terminals would be enough to fill a future supply gap of no more than 15 billion cubic meters of gas per year. This corresponds to the amount that cannot be provided via […]
There is a lot of stir about Joe Biden’s billion-dollar climate change program. Emmanuel Macron called the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) “super aggressive” and is promoting a “Buy European” act in response. Robert Habeck also argues for his own “robust industrial strategy.” The EU Commission called the IRA “clearly discriminatory” in its statement. European industries […]
There’s a lot of stir about Joe Biden’s billion-dollar climate change program. Emmanuel Macron called the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) “super aggressive” and is promoting a “Buy European” act in response. Robert Habeck also argues for his own “robust industrial strategy.” The EU Commission called the IRA “clearly discriminatory” in its statement. European industries would […]
To reduce dependence on China in the solar sector, Europe would have to invest billions of dollars. According to an as-yet unpublished calculation by the think tank BloombergNEF (BNEF), it would cost 44 billion US dollars to meet the demand for solar modules in 2030 from European production alone.A recent Nature study also shows the […]
Sales of heat pumps increased by 35 percent in the EU in 2021 and by 15 percent worldwide. According to a new report by the International Energy Agency, seven million heat pumps could be sold in the EU by 2030 – in 2021, sales were still at two million. Falling costs and stronger purchase incentives […]
To reduce dependence on China in the solar sector, Europe would have to invest billions of dollars. According to an as-yet unpublished calculation by the think tank BloombergNEF (BNEF), it would cost 44 billion US dollars to meet the demand for solar modules in 2030 from European production alone.A recent Nature study also shows the […]