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COP26: The struggle for Article 6

Probably the most important goal of the World Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26) is to reach an agreement on the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Climate Agreement — the last part of the so-called "Paris Rulebook" that has not yet been fully negotiated. The aim is to create a global CO₂ certificate trading system. The framework conditions are likely to be the subject of intense wrangling.

By Lukas Knigge

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Is the EU fit for the 1.5-degree target?

Following the latest publications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, there is disagreement about what the findings say about the EU climate package: Is the level of ambition sufficient or not? That depends, above all, on the perspective.

By Lukas Knigge