Climate (English)

EU Parliament: Commission's response to IRA insufficient

The EU Commission's response to the multi-billion US Inflation Reduction Act for the promotion of green industries is insufficient, criticizes the lead MEP in the EU Parliament. The EU has no "business case" for decarbonizing the industry. It should promote more technology sectors and grant more subsidies. This is the demand made in the report of the responsible EU rapporteur, which is available to Table.Media in advance.

By Till Hoppe

France bans short-haul flights

By Alexandra Endres

Philipp Nimmermann: Germany's new Energy State Secretary without energy experience

By Malte Kreutzfeldt

MEPs demand dismissal of COP28 President Al Jaber

By Bernhard Pötter

Asia: Climate change threatens water and energy supply

By Nico Beckert

Scientists demand reparations from oil, gas and coal companies

By Alexandra Endres

Brazil rumored to set stricter climate target

By Alexandra Endres

Interest rate hike jeopardizes the global energy transition

The G7 and experts are alarmed: Rising interest rates and capital flight jeopardize the urgently necessary energy transition in developing countries. High capital costs are slowing down the expansion of renewables. In Germany, too, low interest rates were not sufficiently utilized.

By Nico Beckert

USA: Republicans attack insurance companies for 'climate activism'

State attorneys from 23 Republican-ruled states accuse the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance of an antitrust violation. This puts the UN initiative for a climate-friendly transformation of the financial industry in the Republican anti-ESG campaign.

By Carsten Hübner

Spain: Drought as an election issue

Spain faces the worst drought since record-keeping began. The drought leads to forest fires, damaged crops and drives up inflation. The government has provided more than two billion euros for a series of measures and the political parties are making climate change an election campaign issue.

By Isabel Cuesta Camacho