Halfway through the “critical decade” on climate action and 10 years after the Paris Agreement was adopted, it hasn't delivered what it was expected
By Stella Eick, Nicholas Omonuk Okoit, Hemavathi S. Shekhar and Tobias Holle
At every COP, the hosts hand out water bottles to all participants. Great! These are useful reminders and useful household aids. But do they have a hidden message?
By Bernhard Pötter
Get to know the "Top 100 of the Table 2025": the 100 key players on the climate scene. Selected by the Climate.Table editorial team in ten categories, from politics, companies, consulting, administration, associations, think tanks to foundations, science, NGOs and society.
By Redaktion Table
Germanwatch criticizes the fact that, at the last Environment Council, some member states pushed through demands to postpone ETS 2 by one year. The NGO makes suggestions on how this should be handled.
By Sylwia Andralojc-Bodych and Charly Heberer
Before COP kicked off, a militia threatened to cut off the power supply to the event. This was preceded by a police operation in Rio de Janeiro that left over 100 people dead.
By Lisa Kuner
The conference in the rainforest has the potential to lay the foundations for implementing the next decade of climate policy — or to simply generate pretty pictures. The fate of the presidency and geopolitics will determine whether there is an ambitious package.
By Bernhard Pötter
The 30th UN Climate Change Conference starts today, Monday, in Belém. At the last minute, the EU presented its climate targets for 2035 and 2040 to palpable sighs of relief.
By Lukas Knigge
UNFCCC head Simon Stiell offers a cautiously upbeat assessment after ten years of the Paris Climate Agreement. Now, though, there is a pressing need for more money to achieve the necessary momentum in climate action, he said.
By Lisa Kuner
In Belém, the German Chancellor primarily wanted to send a message to his own country: Rather than presenting new ideas, he emphasized his government’s economic policy priorities of competitiveness and innovation. According to him, they do not preclude taking action to tackle climate change.
By Lukas Knigge
19 countries want to quadruple the use of sustainable fuels, but there is also some criticism of the project.
By Lisa Kuner
