Germany is looking for global import partners for green hydrogen. According to its new hydrogen strategy, North Africa is to be connected to Europe as part of a priority corridor for hydrogen imports. One candidate is the desert country of Mauritania – one of the last stable countries in the region.
By Lucia Weiß
China is set to experience even more extreme temperatures than the United States and Europe in the future, according to a warning from international climate scientists. The region around Beijing could be particularly hard hit.
By Jörn Petring
Deforestation in the Amazon is often the work of organized crime. At the Belém summit, the countries bordering the Amazon have now agreed to work together to fight against transnational environmental crime. Experts see this as a significant step forward, but not enough.
By Alexandra Endres
For years, Tibetan environmental activists have been disappearing behind bars. Now, United Nations special rapporteurs are putting the fate of these activists on the agenda. This increases the chances that Beijing will have to address these issues before the UN Human Rights Council.
By Marcel Grzanna
The USA's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) came into force a year ago. And the billion-dollar subsidy program is showing initial successes: It is helping to reduce emissions, attracting investment in green industries and creating industrial jobs. Critics criticize the high price.
By Nico Beckert
The infamous anti-corruption campaign grips the health sector. Since then, hundreds of hospital directors and pharmaceutical managers have been under investigation. Once the dam is broken, the people rebel against greedy physicians.
By Redaktion Table
Chinese activists report that they are being monitored and pressured in Germany. The involvement of Chinese authorities is considered certain.
By Fabian Peltsch
On Thursday, Spain's Congress will elect its presidency. Carles Puigdemont's party will only decide shortly beforehand whether it will support Pedro Sánchez's left-wing alliance. If so, the Socialists will get the presidency and possibly a majority to form a government. But Puigdemont has demands.
By Isabel Cuesta Camacho
Gunnar Wiegand sees Germany's China strategy as an important implementation of the EU's approach. In the second part of the interview conducted by Amelie Richter, he also looks at the still timid way of dealing with disinformation from China and the upcoming European elections. The first part of the interview can be found here.
By Redaktion Table
With the Organic Farming Action Plan, the EU Commission is pursuing the goal of increasing the organic share of food production from currently less than ten percent to 25 percent by 2030. Germany is even aiming for 30 percent. It is now becoming apparent that the targets are virtually impossible to achieve. There are also doubts about how realistic they are at all.
By Lukas Knigge
