With the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, France's President Emmanuel Macron wants to put the financial issue at the top of the agenda in climate protection. The topics of the summit: reform of the Bretton Woods system, more money from private investors and alignment of financial flows with the Paris Agreement. The front row of global politics and many African heads of government meet in Paris.
By Claire Stam
The negotiations in the run-up and at COP28 around CO2 reduction, adaptation and finance will be tough. But after the conference in Bonn, a few "landing zones" for compromises are emerging.
By Bernhard Pötter
The Bonn Climate Change Conference only partially fulfilled its function of making technical preparations for COP28: Many issues, such as the global stocktake, remained unresolved and were postponed without much progress. A long dispute over the agenda slowed things down even further — an overview of the results.
By Alexandra Endres
After Bonn is before Dubai: Between the preparatory conference and COP28, many meetings will be held at which formal and informal negotiations will continue and preliminary decisions will be reached. We have compiled the most important ones.
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The European Scientific Advisory Council on Climate Change has published its recommendations for the EU's 2040 climate target. The researchers aim for a greenhouse gas reduction target of 90 to 95 percent. And they show various ways how the target could be achieved.
By Lukas Knigge
Brazil's President Lula da Silva has promised great strides in protecting forests and the climate. A first assessment is carefully positive. But the resistance in parliament and to implementing the measures is powerful.
By Daniela Chiaretti
The debates about a global target for the expansion of renewables are taking shape. COP28 President Al Jaber and the EU Commission are already in agreement: A decision to triple capacities by 2030 is supposed to be made in Dubai. NGOs and think tanks are calling for more ambitious targets.
By Nico Beckert
Effective climate action also suffers from unreliable greenhouse gas emissions data. In many emerging countries, there is often hardly any usable information. Now, the WMO presents a plan to improve data quality significantly.
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Hardly noticed by the public, the EU has changed its course on the controversial issue of CCS: It now wants to keep the CO2 capture loophole open when ending fossil fuels. This is in line with the presidency of COP28.
By Bernhard Pötter
While war rages in his homeland, Vadym Sydiachenko negotiates for Ukraine at the Climate Change Conference in Bonn. He considers the disaster at the Khakovka dam a threat to the entire region. He calls for Russia's expulsion from the UN for this reason.
By Bernhard Pötter
