Another grueling heatwave is rolling over Mexico. Yet the government is investing billions in fossil fuels. Climate plans are non-transparent and lack ambition, renewables are being slowed down. Pressure for more green energy is coming from the US and Canada.
By Redaktion Table
Despite climate deniers propping up the government in Stockholm, experts are pleased with the Swedish EU Presidency on climate policy: Fair negotiations, successful legislation, and many proposals implemented. And if there were any doubts, Sweden voted against itself.
By Magnus Nilsson
To achieve the EU's climate targets, agriculture must also significantly reduce its emissions. The Commission is now in the early stages of developing a pricing model. But the hurdles are high – and time is short.
By Timo Landenberger
The developed countries have signed the world's fourth Partnership for a Just Energy Transition (JETP) with Senegal. It will not support controversial gas production. Instead, the JETP agreement is intended to finance renewables.
By Lucia Weiß
As hydrogen technology ramps up, business representatives are concerned about a bottleneck: They say there is a shortage of raw materials for the production of electrolyzers. But experts give the all-clear.
By Nico Beckert
In a referendum, Switzerland adopted the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050. The success was made possible by pressure from society and subsidies instead of higher burdens on consumers. Now suitable measures are still missing.
By Priscilla Imboden
Debt-for-nature swaps will also be a topic at French President Macron's climate finance summit. The idea sounds promising: They are supposed to release money for climate and nature protection in countries of the Global South, and at the same time help in the fight against the debt crisis. But their benefits are likely to be limited.
By Alexandra Endres
In many regions of Germany, water is becoming scarce. Lower Saxony has already declared the highest drought warning level 5. New breeds, better soil protection and water management are to adapt agriculture to climate change.
By Carsten Hübner
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
