Während fast alle Befragten in Nordamerika einen deutlichen Backlash beobachten, ist die Stimmung im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum deutlich besser.
By Marc Winkelmann
The EU wants to include the extraction and processing of critical raw materials in the green taxonomy. The need for transformation stands against environmental damage. The Sustainable Finance Platform proposes compromises.
By Leonie Düngefeld
Next week, the EU Commission will present its Clean Industrial Deal, a plan to make Europe's industry greener and competitive at the same time. The first details have now emerged from a draft of the plan. Including: social leasing.
By Lukas Knigge
The world is preparing for significant trade disruption. While protectionism is making a return and countries such as the United States are trying to strengthen their critical economic sectors, the retreat from free trade is accelerating under President Donald Trump – with far-reaching consequences, particularly for the fight against climate change.
By Marcel Grzanna
Building is becoming more and more expensive, rents are rising rapidly and home ownership is unaffordable for many. Germany's real estate and construction industry is doing badly – at the same time, the sector is contributing too little to achieving climate targets. The next German government can change this. Kolja Zajicek, Senior Policy Advisor at the Climate Economy Foundation, explains how.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Wishful thinking and reality are far apart when it comes to climate transformation. Over half of the 160 largest German companies lag behind their own CO2 targets.
By Anna Gauto
The decline of industries is the price of economic development, says Ifo President Clemens Fuest in an interview with Caspar Dohmen. Politicians should do more where the risk of making mistakes is lower. He warns Europe against copying the IRA.
By Caspar Dohmen
Colombia, the host of the UN Biodiversity Summit COP16 in mid-October, intends to completely phase out the fossil fuel industry despite its tight budget. Germany is supporting the country in this endeavor. Hopes are high.
By Alexandra Endres
Among executives in German companies, important EU funding programs for climate action are hardly known. This is the finding of a new survey.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
Germany's Climate and Transformation Fund again only spent around half the planned money in 2023. The main problems are in nature-based climate action, but there are also many unused funds in the transport and construction sectors. A new FÖS study calls for more efficient allocation procedures and greater transparency in order for Germany to achieve its targets.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
