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No time for fatalism: 1.5 degrees can still be maintained

Climate science shows: The 1.5-degree target can still be met. To stop fighting for it would be tantamount to giving big emitters carte blanche – and would fail all people who live in places that lack resources and opportunities to adapt to a warming world.

By Redaktion Table

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IMO agreement to bring global shipping on Paris track

After decades without CO2 reduction targets, the UN International Maritime Organization sets itself rules that may be enough to meet the 2-degree limit. For many, the details show progress. Critics, however, see a departure from the 1.5-degree path. A CO2 price is expected to be decided at a later date.

By Bernhard Pötter

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Dispute over EU law: How important is nature restoration for the climate?

The EU Parliament is currently engaged in a fierce dispute over the Nature Restoration Law. The Christian Democratic EPP also uses climate action as an argument against the new nature conservation regulations. Greens and Social Democrats consider both as two sides of the same coin. How exactly are nature conservation and the climate related?

By Lukas Knigge