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Climate targets

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SBTI backs down: No offsets allowed

The "Science Based Targets Initiative" (SBTI), the most important global initiative for assessing companies' climate targets, wanted to include offsets in the calculation of emissions. After a storm of protests, the company management is now backing down.

By Bernhard Pötter

Opinion

Europe has taken its energy destiny back into its own hands

Europe has proven its resilience in times of energy crises. Now, it is important to achieve net-zero emissions as quickly as possible. Competitiveness and sustainability must go hand in hand.

By Experts Table.Briefings

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Lena Schilling – from Fridays for Future into politics

At the age of 23, Lena Schilling is entering the EU election campaign as the top candidate for the Austrian Green Party. She is the face of the fight against the climate crisis. In parliament, she wants to promote the mobility transition and, if necessary, ban private jets. Can she also score points on other issues?

By Redaktion Table

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Study: Healthier diet 'strongest lever' for 1.5-degree target

A healthier diet could be a "decisive lever" for achieving the 1.5 degree target. This would reduce dependence on CO2 removal technologies and cut costs, according to a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

By Lukas Bayer

Analyse

SRU: Climate targets cannot be achieved without sufficiency

The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) calls for a sufficiency debate. It argues that without avoiding waste, the climate targets cannot be achieved and sustainability is impossible. It is high time to start the debate.

By Alexandra Endres

Feature

Austria: Climate research increases pressure in government dispute over climate plan

Leading climate researchers have evaluated 100 statements on Austria's draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). The latter was supposed to have already been submitted to the EU Commission, but the Austrian coalition government is deadlocked. As a result, infringement proceedings are underway against Austria.

By Lukas Bayer

News

CCS strategy: Commission plans EU internal market for CO2

According to a draft of the European carbon management strategy, the EU Commission is planning to establish an internal carbon market. The industrial use of captured carbon is also to be expanded.

By Lukas Knigge