The market for power-to-X fuels lacks investment security and stable demand. Governments should take a more active role in supporting market ramp-up, Agora Verkehrswende argues. Without such support, PtX will remain a niche phenomenon.
By Wiebke Zimmer and Leon Berks
Few have realized: Armament alone is not enough to preserve freedom, democracy and peace. Phasing out fossil fuels is not only essential for climate action, but also for our security.
By Felix Ekardt
Because CO₂ storage under the North Sea is reaching its limits, there are renewed calls for CCS to be permitted on land. But that would also be an expensive and far too risky mistake. Instead, we need the courage for a real transformation - towards a future in which CO₂ is not produced in the first place.
By Karsten Smid
Agriculture has major potential to contribute to EU climate neutrality – by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, storing carbon and providing alternatives to fossil raw materials. To mobilize this potential, the sector must finally become an integral part of the EU’s climate agenda.
By Christine Chemnitz and Harald Grethe
Involving citizens in climate policy leads to better decisions and strengthens trust in democratic processes, writes Tabea Lissner from the Robert Bosch Foundation. A new feasibility study shows how this can be done.
By Tabea Lissner
The new German government must maintain its international leadership role and continue to support the indigenous peoples of the tropical rainforests – because our future is closely linked. If we really want to put a stop to deforestation, investment here will have the greatest impact.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The UN Ocean Conference in Nice once again highlights the urgency of resolute climate action: Rising sea levels could make coastal cities uninhabitable – today's politicians will decide how high this rise will be. Climate researcher Hans-Otto Pörtner writes how inertia and delaying strategies already complicate the implementation of existing resolutions.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Friedrich Merz is pinning his climate policy hopes on CCS and CCU – processes that have failed for decades, even under CDU-led coalitions. Their failure cannot be explained by ideology, as the chancellor claims, but is rooted in the technology itself: Merz’s faith in CCS is an illusion.
By Pao-Yu Oei and Philipp Herpich
The migration policy of the federal government is a cause for concern. It would be better to focus on the benefits of migration and take the effects of climate change into account. This would mean supporting the right to mobility, as well as the right to remain in one's home country.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The trend is irreversible: The majority of countries see climate action as a development model. Climate policy measures boost investment, create jobs and prosperity, according to the two Executive Directors of the World Bank Group, Marcos Vinicius Chiliatto and Michael Krake. Read how the World Bank supports countries in this.
By Redaktion Table
