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Sustainability

China Unwetter
Feature

Climate change 'major risk for China's modernization'

Heat waves and heavy rainfall plague parts of China. Therefore, the world's largest carbon emitter wants to better adapt to climate change in the future. So far, the government has done little to minimize the costs and damage of climate change.

By Nico Beckert

Opinion

What's cooking in Strasbourg

Alsatian choucroute on the menu: next Wednesday, MEPs will decide in plenary session in Strasbourg of what the taxonomy should consist.

By Table.Briefings

Feature

CSRD: agreement on reporting requirements

In the negotiations on corporate sustainability reporting, the EU institutions have reached an agreement. Pressure from Parliament paid off: Unlisted companies and companies based outside the EU are also affected.

By Leonie Düngefeld

China Plastik Müll Lockdown
Feature

Lockdown causes mountains of garbage

Due to the lockdowns in China, the mountains of garbage have swelled higher than usual. This is because the food provided by the government was usually very generously packed in plastic. At the same time, waste collection struggled. This not only makes the streets rather messy, it also jeopardizes the recycling policy.

By Ning Wang

Feature

Taxonomy: Committees vote against nuclear power and natural gas

Nuclear energy and natural gas projects as "sustainable" economic activities: The EU Parliament's Environment and Economics Committees want to prevent this. In three weeks, the plenum in Strasbourg will decide whether the veto will succeed and the Commission will have to row back.

By Leonie Düngefeld