The political battle over the Building Energy Act is heating up. A lobby association claims that the GEG reform has increased CO₂ emissions are based on a false interpretation of official figures, while the heating association presents a distorted picture of the industry’s situation. A fact check.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
The Leibniz Institute for Peace and Conflict Research in Frankfurt am Main is intensifying its research into the interactions between conflicts and climate and has appointed Tobias Ide to head the program area.
By Viktor Funk
Following a meeting of the coalition committee, the German Chancellor announced last week that they had agreed on a joint position on phasing out internal combustion engines. However, there are differing views within the coalition as to what the government is now demanding.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
The position paper on climate and energy policy, which Table.Briefings had previously reported on, has been adopted unchanged by the DIHK. Sharp criticism came from the German Renewable Energy Federation.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
A COP decision on a fossil fuel phase-out allegedly failed due to resistance from many countries, the COP Presidency said in Belém. However, research shows that the number of opponents was enormously overestimated.
By Bernhard Pötter
The environmental organization Client Earth argues that the planned tender for eight gigawatts of gas-fired power capacity violates EU state aid law. Its complaint to the EU Commission is one of almost 3,000 climate complaints that have been submitted since the Paris Agreement.
By Lukas Bayer
EU countries are not seizing the opportunity to steer markets with a green procurement system and thus reduce emissions. A study shows how they could redirect public spending amounting to EUR 2 trillion a year.
By Kai Schöneberg
Annalena Baerbock analyzes the geopolitics of the climate crisis after COP30: The UN must reform itself, and climate policy is becoming increasingly important. The President of the UN General Assembly warns against “fighting over every tenth of a degree of warming.”
By Bernhard Pötter
Climate protection and justice belong together: Who bears the costs of the transformation, who benefits? In a society of growing inequality, we need fair burden sharing, targeted support and bold financing models.
By Michael Bloss and Rasmus Andresen
Who's who in the “Top 100 in the 2025 Table”: Get to know 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
