Stéphane Séjourné to become new French foreign minister
Renew leader Stéphane Séjourné is getting a new job: he is set to become France's foreign minister, as announced by the Élysée Palace on Thursday evening.
By Redaktion Table
Renew leader Stéphane Séjourné is getting a new job: he is set to become France's foreign minister, as announced by the Élysée Palace on Thursday evening.
By Redaktion Table
EU data shows that 2023 was a year of record temperatures: The average global temperature climbed to almost 15 degrees. The 1.5-degree limit was almost reached. The reason: El Niño instead of La Niña and record emissions.
By Bernhard Pötter
The Breko and BDEW associations are calling for changes to the Gigabit Infrastructure Act in order to accelerate the expansion of fiber optics in Germany and Europe.
By Corinna Visser
Has Amazon collected too much data? The company is vehemently defending itself against one of the highest fines in the history of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. A Luxembourg court is now trying to settle the dispute.
By Redaktion Table
Switzerland is the first country in the world to buy carbon offsets from another country and complete the offset trade. The contractual partner is Thailand. Critics complain that the trade has no additional benefit for the climate.
By Nico Beckert
Despite environmentalists' objections, Norway becomes the first country to engage in commercial deep-sea mining. The aim is to extract minerals such as lithium, scandium and cobalt.
By Lukas Knigge
A survey in the run-up to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos warns of the dangers of extreme weather and climate change. Climate researcher Friederike Otto also warns that the world is ill-prepared for the consequences of extreme weather conditions.
By Alexandra Endres
US greenhouse gas emissions are declining – but not fast enough to achieve the national climate targets.
By Nico Beckert
Military representatives from the United States and China met in Washington. The discussions primarily revolved around Taiwan and the upcoming elections over the weekend. Beijing is unwilling to compromise.
By Michael Radunski
While Volkswagen and Toyota still rank among the top ten auto companies for gasoline-powered vehicles in China, they are increasingly falling behind in the EV sector.
By Michael Radunski