The Minister of Transport is pleased about Germany's increased spending on transport, which will primarily benefit its railway transport. The Green Party criticizes that the special fund only partially replaces funds from the regular budget.
Von Malte Kreutzfeldt
The German government is canceling certificates from European emissions trading for the first time. The Federal Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety announced that this will safeguard the climate protection effect of the statutory coal phase-out.
Von Lukas Bayer
Environmental Action Germany has identified significant methane emissions in almost all areas of the gas infrastructure in Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg. The leaks are transferable to the "entire gas infrastructure in Germany."
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Some US states have passed laws requiring the oil and gas industry to pay a share of the costs of climate damage – but the federal government is preventing implementation. This is shown in a new report on trends in climate litigation. In the future, the battle for the climate in the USA could increasingly be fought in court.
Von Alexandra Endres
Simon Stiell, head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat UNFCCC, is to remain in office for a further three years. The contract extension is to be announced in July. Stiell leads the UN agency amid financial concerns in times of growing tensions and shrinking budgets for climate and development.
Von Bernhard Pötter
The planned reduction in the price of electricity will reduce emissions in the long term because electrical processes will become cheaper. In the short term, however, an increase is to be expected because the economy is growing faster.
Von Malte Kreutzfeldt
The Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) receives a lot of additional money from the special fund. Nevertheless, there will hardly be any more money available for climate investments in the coming years, partly because the gas storage levy is also to be paid from the fund in the future.
Von Malte Kreutzfeldt
The dispute over the Green Claims Directive is causing the coalition of supporters of Commission President von der Leyen to waver. Christian Democrats want to reverse several laws of the Green Deal – the Commission is even going along with some of them.
Von Lukas Knigge
The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) considers the massive criticism of its 10-point plan to soften EU emissions standards to be unjustified. With a higher proportion of e-fuels and biofuels, the climate targets in the transport sector could still be achieved. However, it remains unclear where the needed quantities will come from.
Von Malte Kreutzfeldt
The costs of water scarcity have increased worldwide by 3 to 7.5 percent annually in recent years. The OECD urgently recommends more investment in drought resilience.
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