Various infectious diseases are increasing in Europe due to climate change. These include, for example, tropical diseases transmitted by the Asian tiger mosquito. Experts are alarmed: Other infections could also increase and pose a threat in the future.
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Nigeria faces a dilemma: The new "Ministry of Gas Resources" is supposed to promote the fossil resource as a bridge to the age of renewables and ensure state revenues. Critics fear that the promotion of fossil energies will be consolidated and renewables neglected.
By Viktor Funk
While a Republican fossil fuel campaign is underway in much of the United States, Democrat-ruled California has passed two major climate bills. Meanwhile, the US state is suing five energy companies for damages. The accusation: deliberate disinformation about the risks of climate change.
By Carsten Hübner
China is now the largest CO2 emitter and yet does not participate in UN funds to finance climate protection in developing countries. The People's Republic wants to allocate funds only through self-administered channels. China's climate financing is non-transparent and falls far short of its own commitments.
By Nico Beckert
The European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will be launched on Oct. 1., although no CO2 duties will be levied on affected imports during the two-year test phase. Nevertheless, the climate action instrument is already triggering reactions worldwide. Above all, it appears to be fulfilling one of its key purposes: CBAM provides incentives for CO2 pricing abroad.
By Lukas Knigge
Germany alienates its traditional allies of the High Ambition Coalition: Chancellor Scholz refused to agree to the demand for a comprehensive fossil fuel phase-out at the UN summit. The reason is a dispute in the German government coalition with the Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) about CCS and technology openness.
By Bernhard Pötter
The energy transition in the United States risks to fail due to the slow expansion of power grids. Even in China, large solar and wind power plants could remain without a grid connection for a long time. Power lines are turning into a bottleneck for the energy transition.
By Nico Beckert
The gridlocked fronts in international climate diplomacy have started to shift: New pioneers are emerging, and surprising alliances are aligning national interests in the global North and South. But there is one area where the old borders are still in place.
By Goswami Urmi
On September 25 in Bonn, the International Conference on Chemicals Management seeks a new framework for the global chemical industry – the goals: saving raw materials and energy, and achieving climate targets. The German start-up Traceless is working on solutions to achieve these goals. But the company is also facing criticism.
By Leonie Sontheimer
The UN's Climate Ambition Summit is putting the pressure on for a successful COP28. The summit was the antithesis of the grassroots climate conferences - and achieved something that is practically unthinkable in the diplomatic cosmos: A UN ranking of who takes climate action seriously and who does not.
By Bernhard Pötter
