Clean Cooking Summit: These are the results
Over two billion people around the world cook with dirty fuels. This leads to deaths and high carbon emissions. A summit in Paris pledged financial resources to tackle the problem in Africa.
By Fabian Löhe
Over two billion people around the world cook with dirty fuels. This leads to deaths and high carbon emissions. A summit in Paris pledged financial resources to tackle the problem in Africa.
By Fabian Löhe
Following the US announcement to significantly increase tariffs on Chinese imports, German politicians and business representatives are warning the EU against imitating such measures. They argue that this would harm all sides involved.
By Felix Lee
As a result of an excessive construction boom, there are ten million unfinished apartments across China. To mitigate the crisis, the government is now reportedly considering purchasing unsold properties.
By Felix Lee
In protest against Chinese territorial claims, a fleet of around 100 boats carrying Filipino activists and fishermen has set off into the South China Sea.
By Felix Lee
A few days before the inauguration of Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te, China has sent more than 40 fighter jets towards the democratically governed island republic.
By Felix Lee
After months of laborious negotiations, Wilders' Party for Freedom, the right-wing liberal VVD, the right-wing conservative NSC and the right-wing populist farmers' party BBB have agreed to work together in the Netherlands.
By Alina Leimbach
Eight EU institutions commit to a common culture of transparency. The launch comes just in time for the European elections. One important institution has not yet joined in.
By Eric Bonse
The German Bundesrat is expected to pass the Climate Change Act on Friday. However, it is unclear whether this will actually happen – because in addition to substantive criticism, the law also contains incorrect wording. This is why environmental associations warn against its adoption.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
The governments in Paris and Berlin are to set up an "Energy Transition Platform Weimar Triangle," German and French MEPs wrote in a paper exclusively available to Table.Briefings. They further call for Franco-German hydrogen and geothermal energy strategies.
By Manuel Berkel
Influencers have more and more influence on how we perceive the world. They must therefore abide by rules. The member states and the Commission should support them in this, as the Council is now calling for.
By Corinna Visser