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Review 2025: The missed opportunities of climate policy

Rarely in recent years has climate action faced as much pressure as it has in 2025, both in Germany and internationally. The United States is leading a political rollback: Fossil fuel projects are becoming more attractive, while warnings from the scientific community are being ignored.

Bernhard Pötter
23. December 2025
A worker operates an oil well at the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on Oct. 16, 2025. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil s Amazonas state, is one of the country s most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees.
Oil exploration in the middle of the rainforest: Petrobras’ Urucu oil and gas project in the Amazon. (IMAGO / Xinhua)

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Last updated: 23. December 2025

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