The next Conference on Biological Diversity (COP16) starts in Colombia on Oct. 21. At the start of the conference, researcher and IPCC author Hans-Otto Pörtner calls for climate and biodiversity protection to be given constitutional status.
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Despite much progress in the energy transition, more and more people are critical of it. Claudia Kemfert argues that communication on the climate and energy transition is failing because fossil fuel players are actively disrupting the debate.
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Investment agreements protect fossil fuel companies and their emissions of up to two gigatons of CO₂ equivalent per year. G7 countries bear a special responsibility. They are thwarting their own climate pledges.
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The Bundestag must amend the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act (KSpG) so that the use of captured CO2 is compatible with the path to climate neutrality from the outset. The current draft does not yet do this justice.
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The EU's Renewable Energy Directive for transport must be incorporated into German law; the Federal Ministry for the Environment is working on this. This is a unique opportunity for more climate action – by improving the position of e-mobility and an honest assessment of biofuels, which in many cases do more harm than good to the climate.
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The third generation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement aims to make a quantum leap to keep global climate goals within reach. However, disputes over climate financing threaten to undermine the process.
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The new details of the German government's power plant strategy are a step in the right direction. What is needed now is technical precision and commitment in the design of the tendering conditions.
By Stefan Braun
After the EU elections, the outlook for climate action in Europe has worsened and it is unlikely to play a role at the EU summit on Thursday and Friday. The forces fighting for more climate action must now regroup. From now on, they should place social justice at the center of their work.
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The global energy transition is unattainable without China. Therefore, Robert Habeck should emphasize climate policy relations during his visit to Beijing. Here are six proposals for pragmatic cooperation between Germany and China to benefit climate action.
By Alexandra Endres
At the end of April, the traffic light coalition government agreed on the Solar Package I. This paves the way for the accelerated expansion of wind and solar energy. However, there is also a need for support for large battery storage, according to Benedikt Deuchert from the company Kyon Energy.
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