Paris aims to host the greenest Olympic Games ever and halve emissions compared to previous Games. However, a few things are still not quite right.
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According to a recent study, there is great potential for floating solar systems in Germany. However, this has hardly been exploited to date.
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Global forests have been a stable carbon sink for decades, a new study shows – but there are significant differences between the various regions of the world. Deforestation in the tropics in particular is a threat to the climate.
By Alexandra Endres
Former WWF board member Christoph Heinrich will head the Ecologic Institute think tank in the future.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
In view of the narrower scope for public climate investments, the Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft (FÖS) proposes linking environmental taxes to inflation. This could generate €9 billion a year. According to the FÖS, reducing fossil fuel subsidies would free up as much as €24 billion per year.
By Alexandra Endres
France has been criticized for ambiguities in its 2030 target for the share of renewable energies in the electricity supply. There is double counting. In addition, there are no details about the share of individual renewable energies.
By Nico Beckert
The EU's monitoring regulations for non-CO2 emissions provide for an exception for long-haul flights. This means that a large part of the climate impact of contrails is not recorded, criticizes a think tank.
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The Green Climate Fund is supporting 17 new projects with one billion US dollars. The fund has also developed a new strategy to improve access to climate financing.
By Nico Beckert
The US Vice-President is a fierce critic of the fossil fuel industries and is calling for more money for climate action and even more green investments. She would secure Joe Biden's climate policy record, which Donald Trump wants to destroy. But as POTUS, she would probably be much less radical.
By Bernhard Pötter
As the host country of COP29 in Baku in November, Azerbaijan has now defined goals for the conference and published its plans. Among other things, the country wants to collect one billion dollars from fossil revenues in a voluntary fund for climate action.
By Bernhard Pötter
