Despite the promise in the Glasgow 2021 climate pact to double adaptation funding to 40 billion US dollars by 2025, the industrialized countries are only providing 12 billion this year. In 2026, the amount of aid payments threatens to fall further, according to a report by Care.
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26.6 degrees in May – a record for Iceland. Greenland also experienced very high temperatures. According to climate researchers, the cause is clearly climate change. Last month was also the second-warmest May ever recorded worldwide.
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Only one in five trees in Germany is healthy, according to the latest forest condition survey by the German Agriculture Ministry. The level of damage remains high. This eliminates an important carbon sink in Germany.
By Alexandra Endres
Climate action increasingly pays off over time. This is suggested by a study by the OECD and the UN Development Program UNDP, which compares two scenarios of 1.7 degrees or 2.45 degrees of warming.
By Lukas Bayer
For the first time, more than one million balcony power plants are in operation in Germany, estimates the German Solar Industry Association.
By Lukas Bayer
The reinsurer Munich Re is changing its strategy and abandoning several climate initiatives. However, climate action will remain an "urgent priority."
By Lukas Bayer
Over 100 climate and environmental NGOs invite German citizens to Climate Democracy Day on Saturday. Meanwhile, a new study finds strong international support for an ambitious climate policy.
By Alexandra Endres
The African Development Bank aims to establish an institution to support carbon markets in the region. Read the details in Table.Briefings.
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The pH value of the oceans has already fallen so far in the last five years that they have exceeded an important threshold for acidification. This is the result of a study published for the UN Ocean Conference.
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Climate State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth explained in a Table.Briefings interview why he believes in the Article 6 mechanism. Green climate expert Michael Bloss disagrees with him and believes that the international certificates are still not good enough for the EU's 2040 climate target.
By Lukas Knigge
