Actually, the interim assessment of global climate policy is clear: The UN's long-awaited "Global Stocktake" shows the gaps and omissions in climate action three months before COP28, and attention is low. But the text contains some surprises.
By Bernhard Pötter
Modernization and decarbonization go hand in hand, emphasizes Ursula von der Leyen, heralding the next phase of the Green Deal. This is based on dialogs with industry and farmers as well as a wind power package. However, she did not reveal details.
By Lukas Knigge
The German government promises that the LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven will be used to import carbon-neutral synthetic natural gas. But a new study commissioned by the think tank Agora Energie and available to Table.Media shows that many unresolved problems remain: The technology is untested, its profitability is questionable, and it could delay the conversion of gas pipelines to hydrogen.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt