Europe's car industry needs a new plan
The IAA 2023 clearly shows that European car manufacturers need a new strategy for dealing with China. A McKinsey study shows what this could look like.
By Christian Domke Seidel
The IAA 2023 clearly shows that European car manufacturers need a new strategy for dealing with China. A McKinsey study shows what this could look like.
By Christian Domke Seidel
It is well known that China sees the USA as its biggest rival and stoically sticks to Russia despite certain problems. Far less well known is how intellectuals in the People's Republic justify this stance – and how critical they often are of Russia.
By Christiane Kuehl
The Green Deal is to be completed before the 2024 European elections. Only a few dossiers are still being negotiated, but the first laws that have already been passed will soon take effect. An overview.
By Lukas Knigge
The Commission wanted to present a proposal in the near future that would allow vehicles powered exclusively by e-fuels to be registered even after the 2035 deadline for combustion engines. That was the promise when the German government and the Commission settled their dispute in March. Now Brussels says the legislative proposal won't come until November.
By Markus Grabitz
On the one hand, China seeks to provide an optimal environment for AI research, but on the other hand, the CCP wants to retain control over this new technology. The current priority is regulation. The government has now given the go-ahead for chat AI for the first time.
By Felix Lee
Beijing has extended tax breaks for foreigners by four years as part of its charm offensive. This is going down well. There has also been other progress since the end of the pandemic, according to the German Chamber of Commerce.
By Jörn Petring
The new EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is not yet in office, let alone confirmed by all EU institutions. But the tasks he is expected to complete within a very short time are enormous. This is one reason why his critics are so skeptical. In the meantime, Šefčovič is supposed to finish the negotiations on the Green Deal in Brussels.
By Lukas Knigge
A new report by the International Monetary Fund shows that government subsidies for fossil fuels reached a new record of seven trillion US dollars in 2022. A comprehensive reform could drastically lower global emissions, save millions of lives, and generate billions for countries to make necessary investments.
By Bernhard Pötter
Many Republican Party presidential candidates in the US continue to oppose climate action and deny climate change. But pressure is growing at the party's base and among young voters to acknowledge these realities in the crisis.
By Redaktion Table
Climate change is intensifying wildfires, especially in northern regions, says fire researcher Thomas Hickler. If the Paris climate targets were met, humanity could probably "still adapt quite well in fighting forest fires." But above the two-degree limit, things will become problematic.
By Alexandra Endres