In the debate about the West’s dependence on China and forced labor in the production of solar technology, the People’s Republic is now adopting a dual strategy: The country is apparently building a second supply chain free of polysilicon from Xinjiang. With this strategy, Beijing, which dominates the global market for solar technology, wants to […]
In the debate about the West’s dependence on China and forced labor in the production of solar technology, the People’s Republic is now adopting a dual strategy: The country is apparently building a second supply chain free of polysilicon from Xinjiang. With this strategy, Beijing, which dominates the global market for solar technology, wants to […]
The EU Commission will soon present a proposal to certify measures for carbon removal from the atmosphere. The portal Euractiv received a leaked draft proposal. According to the draft, the EU is “not on the right track” when it comes to removing carbon from the atmosphere in order to achieve net-zero targets. According to the […]
COP27 is over and Climate.Table is back to its usual weekly rhythm. We took a short breather, unpacked our bags and got right back to work. There is a lot to report.After all, COP ended with a breakthrough after almost endless negotiations: After 30 years of intense negotiations, the countries agreed on a loss and […]
Australia will experience more frequent extreme weather events and faster weather pattern changes in the future. This is according to a study by the Bureau of Meteorology and the national science agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), presented on Wednesday.The report is based on new climate data and projections and shows increasing:extreme heat […]
The EU Commission will soon present a proposal to certify measures for carbon removal from the atmosphere. The portal Euractiv received a leaked draft proposal. According to the draft, the EU is “not on the right track” when it comes to removing carbon from the atmosphere in order to achieve net-zero targets. According to the […]
COP27 is officially going into overtime. There were too many unanswered questions on the big issues of finance and mitigation. But on the last official day, there was a new push on the issue of loss and damage. The EU made a surprising proposal on finance. It signals a new willingness to compromise and could […]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to clarify what obligations states have to protect their own and other populations from climate change. A corresponding resolution by Vanuatu was supported by 86 states on Friday, including Germany, Costa Rica and Sierra Leone. After the COP27 climate summit in Egypt ends, Vanuatu and its supporters […]
The WWF published a guide on how companies should finance additional climate protection. The background is the much-criticized greenwashing by carbon offsets and the often misleading net-zero plans of companies (Climate.Table reported).The environmental organization has now presented a “follow-up model for carbon offsets.” Companies are to “provide additional funds to finance global climate protection outside […]
More than 150 countries have now signed the Global Methane Pledge; together they want to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2020. John Kerry made the announcement Thursday at a ministerial meeting at COP27. On Thursday, heavyweights Kerry and Frans Timmermans praised the efforts of participating nations.But: So far, only 50 […]