A new report confirms that the ambitious expansion target for onshore wind energy in 2030 is achievable: The number of permits is rising, and the average approval timeline has significantly shortened. Whether this trend continues will depend on the new government maintaining stable regulatory conditions.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
The UN Ocean Conference in Nice once again highlights the urgency of resolute climate action: Rising sea levels could make coastal cities uninhabitable – today's politicians will decide how high this rise will be. Climate researcher Hans-Otto Pörtner writes how inertia and delaying strategies already complicate the implementation of existing resolutions.
By Experts Table.Briefings
26.6 degrees in May – a record for Iceland. Greenland also experienced very high temperatures. According to climate researchers, the cause is clearly climate change. Last month was also the second-warmest May ever recorded worldwide.
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Only one in five trees in Germany is healthy, according to the latest forest condition survey by the German Agriculture Ministry. The level of damage remains high. This eliminates an important carbon sink in Germany.
By Alexandra Endres
Climate action increasingly pays off over time. This is suggested by a study by the OECD and the UN Development Program UNDP, which compares two scenarios of 1.7 degrees or 2.45 degrees of warming.
By Lukas Bayer
The UN Interim Climate Change Conference in Bonn will reveal the current mood in global climate action and what leeway the COP30 host Brazil has. However, the most controversial issues are not officially on the agenda.
By Bernhard Pötter
For the first time, more than one million balcony power plants are in operation in Germany, estimates the German Solar Industry Association.
By Lukas Bayer
The reinsurer Munich Re is changing its strategy and abandoning several climate initiatives. However, climate action will remain an "urgent priority."
By Lukas Bayer
Over 100 climate and environmental NGOs invite German citizens to Climate Democracy Day on Saturday. Meanwhile, a new study finds strong international support for an ambitious climate policy.
By Alexandra Endres
Friedrich Merz is pinning his climate policy hopes on CCS and CCU – processes that have failed for decades, even under CDU-led coalitions. Their failure cannot be explained by ideology, as the chancellor claims, but is rooted in the technology itself: Merz’s faith in CCS is an illusion.
By Pao-Yu Oei and Philipp Herpich
