United Kingdom: Nigel Farage upsets Tories and Labour
Brexiteer Nigel Farage is ahead in the polls. He is promising British voters the moon.
By Henning Hoff
Brexiteer Nigel Farage is ahead in the polls. He is promising British voters the moon.
By Henning Hoff
Colombia’s government is calling it a success: in 2024, the country recorded its second-lowest level of deforestation since records began. However, compared to the previous year, more forest was lost again, especially in the Amazon region.
By Alexandra Endres
The Jacques Delors Centre supports the European Commission's reform plans for the EU budget. The think tank believes that restructuring and cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are the right move.
By Julia Dahm
Higher prices than in the rest of the EU – that's what countries in south-eastern Europe had been complaining about. The region will now have a coordinator for the connection to the internal energy market. It is also a signal for the exit from Russian gas.
By Manuel Berkel
The EU Commission is not waiting for the agreement on a joint statement with the US and is pausing the EU countermeasures to the US tariffs for six months.
By János Allenbach-Ammann
The cicada Pentastiridius leporinus is on the Red List. The insect transmits serious plant diseases and is spreading unchecked in Germany. There is no effective antidote in sight. EU approval procedures are being criticized.
By Markus Grabitz and Cornelia Meyer
BP reports its largest oil discovery in 25 years off the coast of Brazil. This could provide a significant boost to the British company’s business following its strategic shift away from renewables and renewed focus on fossil fuels.
By Lisa Kuner
More funding for peatland rewetting and forest conversion, a different subsidy policy, more research: In a statement, the Scientific Advisory Board for Natural Climate Protection (WBNK) outlines options for further developing the Action Program for Natural Climate Protection (ANK).
By Alexandra Endres
The capital costs for expanding renewable energy in developing and emerging economies are at risk of rising further, warns the International Energy Agency (IEA). Many of these countries are already at a disadvantage.
By Nico Beckert