Storms, floods, wildfires: insured losses from natural disasters could reach USD 145 billion worldwide by 2025, according to Swiss Re. "In peak years", the sum could more than double.
By Alexandra Endres
On Monday, a power cut led to broken-down trains, a collapsed mobile phone network and traffic chaos on the Iberian Peninsula. The cause is not yet clear, but could have something to do with a weather phenomenon.
By Marion Bergermann
China has approved the construction of ten new nuclear reactors and is maintaining its rapid expansion course. The People's Republic can build nuclear power plants more cheaply than Western countries. But even in China, there are frequent delays.
By Nico Beckert
Global military spending is more than one trillion US dollars higher than that for climate protection and adaptation. While the global military build-up continues, five times as much money would be needed for climate action in order to avoid even greater damage.
By Lukas Bayer
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (BMWK) is against a division of the German electricity price zone. The renewable energy association BEE warns of the impact on the economic viability of existing renewable energy plants.
By Manuel Berkel
According to scientists from the CDRmare research mission, the storage of CO₂ in the North Sea and Baltic Sea and increasing the natural CO₂ uptake of both seas are "limited to a few methods." They warn against overestimating the potential.
By Nico Beckert
With a new special ship for landing liquefied gas in Wilhelmshaven, Germany is relying on "LNG overcapacity that is fatal in terms of climate and environmental policy," warns Deutsche Umwelthilfe.
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EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen will soon present a roadmap for phasing out Russian gas. At the IEA Energy Security Conference in London, he spoke to Table.Briefings about current threats and the simplification of energy legislation.
By Manuel Berkel
A summit on energy security brings together heads of state and government with players from the energy industry to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Experts expect it to yield rapid security policy benefits.
By Lukas Bayer
Since the ECB postponed its plan to reduce climate-damaging investments in July 2024, it has accepted fossil collateral worth EUR 13 billion. The NGO Reclaim Finance criticizes the long maturity of individual assets as particularly problematic.
By Lukas Bayer
