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Climate in Numbers: Fire disasters on the rise

While widespread fires are still raging in Los Angeles, a look at the last five years shows that individual fire disasters and massive forest fires are rising and fueling the climate crisis even further.

By Bernhard Pötter

Flight refused: Climate researcher receives severance pay after being fired

Climate researcher and economist Gianluca Grimalda lost his job at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) because he wanted to travel in the most climate-friendly way possible. He has now been granted a settlement. Grimalda wants to donate 75,000 euros of the money to climate action and activism.

By Lukas Bayer

Festlegung der Gasumlage Festlegung der Gasumlage am 15.08.2022. Die Gasheizung ist mit dem Thermostat ausgestellt worde

ETS 2: Associations warn against bureaucracy

Several associations are warning against a bureaucratic transfer of the national CO2 price to the European ETS 2. Instead, the trading phase of the German system should be postponed.

By Lukas Knigge