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Sufficiency: Why climate policy needs to accept limits.

The new government wants to boost growth in order to secure prosperity. At the same time, some researchers are calling for a sufficiency strategy to look at what is actually enough. This could help both the climate and society.

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Methane emissions: LNG from Russia and the US is particularly climate-damaging.

According to a new study, German gas imports are associated with far fewer methane emissions along the supply chain than the EU average. The study commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs shows the major differences between the exporters: While Russia and the USA are among the dirtiest producers, Norway and the Netherlands are role models.

By Nico Beckert

Staatsministers Carsten Schneider besucht anlässlich seiner Pressereise die Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) zum Thema „Strukturwandel der Lausitz/Lausitz Science Park”. 
Cottbus-Senftenberg, Brandenburg, 30. August 2023


Credit: Bundeskanzleramt / bundesfoto / Christina Czybik
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Carsten Schneider: Compromises when it comes to climate action.

The future Environment and Climate Minister Carsten Schneider presents himself – probably also in contrast to his predecessors – as a supporter of consensus and compromise. He has had little to do with climate and environmental protection so far, but his state secretaries have had all the more to do with it.

By Malte Kreutzfeldt

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Climate Minister Carsten Schneider: These are his major construction sites.

Major challenges await the new Environment and Climate Minister Carsten Schneider (SPD): He has to reorganize his department, defend the climate targets against other departments and take the lead internationally. And all this with little support from the government and the public.

By Bernhard Pötter

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Turkey: What the withdrawal of the climate law means.

The climate law planned in Turkey would have effectively allowed a further increase in emissions. Following fierce criticism, the draft has now been withdrawn – but it is unclear whether a better one will come along.

By Marcel Grzanna