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
The African Development Bank aims to establish an institution to support carbon markets in the region. Read the details in Table.Briefings.
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The pH value of the oceans has already fallen so far in the last five years that they have exceeded an important threshold for acidification. This is the result of a study published for the UN Ocean Conference.
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The financing of climate policy remains a hot topic at SB62 in mid-June. Business consultants and scientists are now calling for a change of perspective: International climate financing is not development aid, but rather protects supply chains and corporate values in the self-interest of the global North.
By Nico Beckert
