Forest • Table.Briefings

June 24th, 2025

Forest monitoring: Council weakens proposal despite Commission’s criticism.

Another environmental law may be watered down. On Tuesday, EU agriculture ministers adopted their position on the forest monitoring regulation.

By Lukas Knigge

Opinion

June 23rd, 2025

Forest protection: Why Germany must continue to support indigenous peoples.

The new German government must maintain its international leadership role and continue to support the indigenous peoples of the tropical rainforests – because our future is closely linked. If we really want to put a stop to deforestation, investment here will have the greatest impact.

By Experts Table.Briefings

News

December 5th, 2024

EUDR: Regulation is postponed, but not weakened

The EPP's attempt to introduce substantive changes to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has failed. Parliament and the Council have agreed to merely postpone the regulations.

By Lukas Bayer

Feature

October 1st, 2024

Germany: Why forests are no longer a carbon sink

For decades, forests have reduced Germany's overall emissions by storing CO2. According to official data, this is now a thing of the past: In the future, forests will emit more carbon dioxide than they bind. The government relies on natural climate action. And a ruling is forcing its hand.

By Bernhard Pötter

Feature

July 31st, 2024

Earth Overshoot Day: A statistic that raises many questions

This year's "Earth Overshoot Day" falls on August 1, when, according to the initiators, natural resources are used up for the year. However, many misconceptions and peculiarities surrounding this statistic cast doubt on the calculation method.

By Malte Kreutzfeldt

News

May 15th, 2024

Forest fire risk: How Europe is preparing

Europe wants to be better prepared for this year's forest fire season and has expanded its civil protection. This is also intended to strengthen European solidarity.

By Lukas Knigge

News

April 30th, 2024

Study: Climate change could severely limit opportunities for reforestation

Forests are not in good condition. New evidence now suggests that conventional reforestation may hardly be possible in the future.

By Nicolas Heronymus

News

April 4th, 2024

Climate in Numbers: Where trees heat up the atmosphere

Planting trees is often seen as a panacea for combating global warming. However, a new study now reveals in which regions one should be more cautious with this approach.

By Bernhard Pötter

Analyse

March 11th, 2024

CO2 offsetting: clean cookstove projects massively overestimated

For CO2 offsetting, projects involving efficient and clean cookstoves are very popular because about one-third of the world's population cooks over an open fire. The potential for improvement seems high. However, their contribution to climate action is apparently overestimated tenfold. Is offsetting a dead end in climate protection?

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Feature

February 26th, 2024

Climate models overestimate CO2 storage in rainforests

The Paris climate goals can only be achieved through CO2 storage in large forest areas. However, research shows alarming results: The forest in the Congo Basin stores less CO2 than assumed. Researchers are now discussing how common climate models need to be corrected.

By Redaktion Table