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221115 -- SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov. 15, 2022 -- Xie Zhenhua, special representative for Chinese President Xi Jinping and China s special envoy for climate change, speaks at a high-level forum on South-South cooperation on climate change held at the 27th session of the Conference of Parties COP27 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the China Pavilion in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Nov. 14, 2022. EGYPT-SHARM EL-SHEIKH-COP27-CHINA PAVILION-HIGH-LEVEL FORUM SuixXiankai PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
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China's inglorious role at COP27

China knows that it must do more to protect the climate. But it continues to struggle to make international commitments. The COP negotiators will have to work on this until the next COP in Dubai.

By Christiane Kuehl

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The war sets back Ukraine's energy transition

Over the last years, Ukraine raised its climate ambition and expanded the use of renewable energy. But the ongoing Russian war undermines this progress and limits the country's climate action. Companies in the renewable energy sector complain about further obstacles.

By Redaktion Table

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Hungary: Commission rejects release of EU funds

According to information available to Europe.Table, the authority considers the reforms promised by Budapest to be insufficient to eliminate the rule of law deficiencies. Prime Minister Orbán will probably have to do without the urgently needed billions from Brussels for longer.

By Till Hoppe

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Migration pact to be revived

Since the pressure on migration routes is increasing, the calls for reform of the European asylum and migration system are getting louder again. But negotiations are slow, and a further tightening of EU migration policy is on the horizon.

By Charlotte Wirth

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'We are losing years we do not have'

The head of the UN Development Programme Achim Steiner warns that the dramatic debt levels of poor countries threaten progress on climate protection. Without restructuring the financial system, he says, the Paris Agreement will remain out of reach.

By Bernhard Pötter

R-L Annalena Baerbock Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen, Bundesaussenministerin, und Olaf Scholz SPD, Bundeskanzler, aufgenommen im Rahmen des Petersberger Klimadialoges im Auswaertigen Amt in Berlin, 18.07.2022. Der Petersberger Klimadialog dient als Vorbereitung der UN-Klimakonferenz, die 2022 in Scharm asch-Schaich in Aegypten stattfinden wird. Berlin Germany *** R L Annalena Baerbock Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen , German Foreign Minister, and Olaf Scholz SPD , German Chancellor, photographed during the Petersberg Climate Dialogue at the German Foreign Office in Berlin, 18 07 2022 The Petersberg Climate Dialogue serves as preparation for the UN Climate Conference, which will take place in 2022 in Sharm asch Schaich in Egypt Berlin Germany Copyright: xFlorianxGaertnerx
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China strategies: Baerbock and Scholz in comparison

A comparison with Olaf Scholz's guest article on China policy shows: The China strategy draft by the Foreign Office resembles the Chancellery's concept in many respects. But strife within the governing coalition is a certainty for political reasons alone.

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Attack on EP website during Russia resolution

On Wednesday afternoon, the European Parliament's website was attacked while a debate on Russia's attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine was still underway. By the evening, the attack was considered to have been averted, but parliamentarians are now discussing whether the EP is sufficiently protected.

By Falk Steiner