This weekend, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit India. The topic of climate and green industries will also be part of the talks. Like the EU and the US, India is preparing massive aid for new technologies in solar technology, green hydrogen and electromobility.
By Goswami Urmi
One year after the start of the Ukraine war, Russia's climate policy continues to favor natural gas, nuclear power and a controversial statistic that records forests as carbon sinks. Moscow discredits the international climate process as Western power politics. And climate action is also hampered by war and sanctions.
By Redaktion Table
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has also destroyed Russia's primary business model, says expert Thane Gustafson: Export revenues from oil and gas are shrinking, jeopardizing the national budget. The country is "completely unprepared for climate change."
By Bernhard Pötter
China's planned export restrictions on solar production plants could hinder the development of the European solar industry. But experts believe there are ways out of dependence. The decisive factor, they say, is how politics react. Expertise and technical knowledge are still available.
By Nico Beckert
Many oil and gas companies have set more or less ambitious climate goals in the past. But after record profits, more and more companies and governments are now abandoning the idea of leaving fossil fuels in the ground.
By Bernhard Pötter
Climate neutrality labels recently gained in popularity but were also increasingly criticized. Now some companies want to abandon them again. Is this the end of a good idea?
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It is the decisive question for climate action when it comes to the coal phase-out: Will the emission allowances freed up by the coal phase-out be removed from the market? The German Ministry of Economic Affairs wants to remove these allowances from the market. This could cost the German government billions.
By Bernhard Pötter
German Minister for Economic Affairs Habeck and his French counterpart Le Maire discussed possible ways out of the IRA subsidy dispute with the US government in Washington. They offered closer cooperation on green tech and supply chains. The USA wavers between protectionism and dependence.
By Bernhard Pötter
The low efficiency of China's emissions trading impacts Europe's trade policy. By the time the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is in effect, at the latest, the EU Commission will have to assess the Chinese instrument to define the climate tariff. This is where the poor data situation will become a problem.
By Lukas Knigge
China plans to restrict the export of technologies for the production of solar systems. The People's Republic is the technological leader in this field. The export stop would deal a severe blow to the West's efforts to build up its own solar industry.
By Nico Beckert
