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EU Commission makes Leag compensation partly conditional

Instead of 1.75 billion euros, the lignite company Leag will receive only 1.2 billion euros for the coal phase-out. The remaining amount depends on future electricity and carbon prices – and on a formula that has apparently not even been worked out yet.

By Malte Kreutzfeldt

Windpark Sintfeld nahe Paderborn: Die Hersteller hoffen auf schnellere Genehmigungsverfahren.

IEA: Only China and Latin America expand renewables fast enough

The International Energy Agency (IEA) warns that the global target of tripling renewable energies is likely to be missed. Expansion must be accelerated in almost all regions worldwide. The IEA proposes that specific targets be included in national UN climate plans.

By Nico Beckert

New Zealand: How the new government slashes climate policy

The first budget of New Zealand's new government does not provide any fresh money for climate action. Instead, several billion in already budgeted climate funds will be cut in order to finance tax cuts. How New Zealand intends to achieve its climate targets in this way seems questionable.

By Nora Hübchen