This year's "Earth Overshoot Day" falls on August 1, when, according to the initiators, natural resources are used up for the year. However, many misconceptions and peculiarities surrounding this statistic cast doubt on the calculation method.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
An overview warns of overheating in cities with lots of concrete and hardly any green spaces. However, many German cities fare comparatively well. There is no new money for a government heat strategy.
By Bernhard Pötter
Two NGOs want to use new methane satellites to provide more transparency about the biggest polluters. The data will be provided free of charge and used for regulatory purposes in the EU and the USA.
By Nico Beckert
The German government has initiated the preliminary process for the second bidding round of the so-called carbon contracts for difference on Monday. This round focuses on CCUS technologies.
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The G20 finance ministers want to tax the super-rich more heavily. However, the global minimum tax for billionaires proposed by Brazil was not adopted. According to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, states need to invest more in the green transformation of their economies.
By Nico Beckert
European forests should be supplemented with trees from other regions in the future, according to a recent study. Without better-adapted trees, climate change threatens the carbon sinks of forests.
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Without additional support for the industry, Germany's ambitious offshore wind power goals will not be achievable, warns Agora Energiewende in a recent analysis.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
China has successfully tested its own large-scale plant for filtering CO2 from the atmosphere for the first time. The so-called CarbonBox is said to be able to filter 600 tons of the greenhouse gas from the air every year. China is not yet one of the market leaders in this new technology.
By Nico Beckert
The Altérra Fund, which the United Arab Emirates announced at COP28, is intended to facilitate urgently needed investments in the energy transition in the Global South on a large scale. The billion-euro project is now set to get underway. However, a decision in favor of a gas project is controversial.
By Christian Mihatsch
